Mar., 'o6] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



93 



Notes on the True Neuroptera. 



I. — Brachynemurus Curriei, a New Ant Lion from Texas, , 



By J. F. McClendon. 



Brachynemurus curriei sp. nov. 



Male.— Length 34 mm. Expanse of wings 34 mm. Mottled yellow 

 and fuscous. Occiput yellow at sides, fuscous in the middle. Vertex 

 fuscous with a narrow yellow stripe from eye to eye just behind the 

 antennae. The antennas would reach back to the bases of the forewings ; 

 they are brown, with yellow rings marking the articulations ; basal joint 

 yellow ; basal and second joints swollen. Front yellow, fuscous around 

 the bases of the antennae. Mandibles yellow, tipped with fuscous. Palpi 

 yellow, tipped with fuscous. Pronotum a little longer than broad, taper- 

 ing anteriorly, fuscous with a median longitudinal yellow band ; a few 

 long hairs. Mesothorax mottled yellow and fuscous ; a few short hairs. 

 Legs yellow with circular fuscous bands. Tibial spurs reach past three 

 joints of the tarsus. Claws fuscous. Wing veins fuscous, interrupted 

 with yellow. Pterostigma pale. In forewings a fuscous spot two-thirds 

 the way between pterostigma and posterior margin. Abdomen fuscous, 

 hairy. Genital appendages about as long as diameter of abdomen. 



Female.— Length, 28 mm Expanse of wings, 40 mm. Stouter than 

 male. Genital appendages shorter than diameter of abdomen. Other 

 characters as in male. 



Fig. 1.— Brachynemurus curriei n. sp. Male to left and female to right, about ij^ natural size. 



Type No. 9725 U. S. National Museum collected by Mr. 

 H. S. Barber, at Brownsville, Texas. Cotypes : two males 

 from Esperanzo, May 20, 1904, and Los Barregos, June 6, 

 1904, both in vicinity of Brownsville ; six females from Browns- 

 ville and vicinity, all taken by Mr. Barber, 



