HEMEROBIDES. 213 



about twice its breadth : legs reddish ; coxae black : wings limpid ; 

 veins alternately black and white ; subcubital and marginal veinlets 

 towards the base clouded with black ; stigma long, yellow in the 

 middle, brown at each end. Appears to connect Raphidia with the 

 Hemerobii. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Brazil. From the nest of Myrapetra scutellaris. Presented by 

 Walter Hawkins, Esq. 



Fain. 2. HEMEROBIDES. 



Corpus elongatum, molle. Caput trigonum, verticaliter in- 

 flexum. Frons elevata. Oculi extantes, semiglobosi. Palpi max- 

 illares 5-articulati, labiales 3-articulati. Antenna? filiformes aut 

 setaceae, elongates, multi-articulatse, inter oculos insertae. Abdomen 

 elongatum, compressum, subcylindricum, subfalcatum. Pedes gra- 

 ciles ; calcaria fere obsoleta ; tarsi breves, 5-articulati , articuli 

 integri ; ungues duo, parvi. Ala? aequales, amplae, deflexae, valde 

 reticulatae, costa distincta, 



Hemerobius, p., Linn. 



Raphidia, p., Linn. 



Hemerobius, Fabr. 



Mantis, p., Fabr. 



Phryganea, p., Fabr. 



Hemerobiini, p., Latr. 



Termitines, p., Latr. 



Hemerobidae, Leach ; Steph. ; Wesm. 



Stegoptera, p., Dumeril. 



Hemerobidas, p., Burm. 



Rhaphidiodea, p., Burm. 



Coniopterygides, Burm. 



Hemerobides, p., Pictet. 



Hemerobides, Nymphides, Mantispides et Coniopterygides, Ramb. 



Hemerobiina, MacLeay. 



Netiroptera, p., et Orthoptera, p., BrullL 



Hemerobiidae et Mantispidae, Westw. 



Hemerobiina et Mantispina, Newm. 



Genus 1. MANTISPA. 



Pedes antici raptorii, femoribus incrassalis dentatis, tibiis 

 arcuatis. 



Mantispa, llliger, Kaf. Preuss. Anh. ; Latr. ; Charp. ; Erichs. ; 

 Burm. ; Ramb. ; Westw. 



