2 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



2. C. marginipennis ! 



Termes marginipenne Latr.! Humboldt, Recueil, II, 111 ; tab. xxxix, 

 fig. 8. — Term, mexicanus Walker! Catal. 528,39. — Caloterm. mar- 

 ginipennis Hag.! Linn. XII, 47, 6 ; XIV, 100. 



Fulvous, beneath, antennae and feet luteous ; wings whitish, 

 margin and costal veins yellowish ; head square ; prothorax square, 

 anteriorly emarginate ; median and subcostal veins separated. 



A smaller specimen from San Diego does not differ in coloring. 



Var. Smaller, fuliginous, beneath, antennas and feet fuscous ; 

 wings dirty-fuscous, margin and costal veins infuscate. (California.) 



Length to tip of wings 18 — 19 millimetres. Body 7 — 8 millim. 

 Expanse of wings 31 millim. 



Hab. Mexico (Humboldt, Muehlenpford, Deppe) ; Cuantla 

 (Saussure) ; San Francisco and San Diego, California. 



3. C. posticus ! 



Calotermes posticus Hag.! Linn. XII, 67, 15. 



Piceous, base of the antennas and feet bright yellow ; wings 



; head square ; prothorax oblong. 



Length of body 4j millim. 

 Hab. St. Thomas (Moritz). 



4. C. brevis ! 



Termes brevis Walk.! Catal. 524, 33— Term, indecisus Walk.! Catal. 524, 

 32,— Term, flavicollis Walk.! (in part) Catal. 502, 1 (Imago), 503 

 (Soldier). — Term, lucifugus Walk, (in part)! Catal. 505, 3. — Calo- 

 term. brevis Hag.! Linn. XII, 68, 16; tab. ii, fig. 6; tab. iii, fig. 5. 

 Linn. XIV, p. 101. 



Fulvous, beneath, antennas and feet pale ; wings hyaline, costal 

 veins yellowish, linear, head square ; prothorax large, oblong, 

 anteriorly emarginate ; median nervure distant, curved before the 

 apex, united to the subcostal one. 



Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Body 4 millim. Expanse of 

 wings 16 millim. 



Hah. Mexico (Deppe), Vera-Cruz (Salle) ; Central America ; 

 Jamaica (Gosse); Cuba (Poeppig, Osten Sacken) ; St. Thomas 

 (Moritz), St. Fe de Bogota; Brazil (Olfers, Schott, batterer, 

 Kuemmel). 



The variety from Mexico has the median nervure, sometimes not 

 curved, nor joined to the subcostal one. Is it a distinct species ? 



