4 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



wings whitish, a little roughened, costal veins yellowish ; head 

 quadrangular, flat, with a distinct fovea in the middle, ocelli dis- 

 tant, prothorax cordiform. 



Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Body 5 millim. Expanse of 

 wings 16 millim. 



Hah. TJ. S. (Bosc, Beauvois, Schaum) ; Cleveland, Ohio (Le 

 Conte) ; Cincinnati ; Paduca (Motschulsky) ; Pennsylvania (Hal- 

 deman) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; Washington (Osten Sacken) ; Caro- 

 lina (Zimmerman) ; Eutaw, Alabama ; Florida (Osten Sacken) ; 

 Mexico, Matamoras, Tamaulipas (Couch) ; Europe (Plant-houses 

 of Schonbrunn, Kollar). 



Specimens from Florida are smaller and paler, but not distinct. 



2. T. morio ! 



Termes morio Latr.! Hist. Nat. XIII, 69, 3. Diet, d'hist. nat. XXII, 3. 

 Burm.! II, 767, 11. Hagen ! Linn. XII, 201, 34; tab. iii, fig. 29. 

 Linn. XIV, 122. — Termes cornigera Motschulsky! Etudes Entom. 

 IV, 10. 



Pitchy-black ; antennae, mouth, feet and venter yellowish ; wings 

 opaque, blackish-gray, costal veins black-brown ; head flat, quad- 

 rangular, a bifid impressed line upon the middle ; ocelli large, 

 distant ; prothorax small, semicircular. 



Length to tip of wings 12 — 14 millim. Body 5 to 6 millim. 

 Expanse of wings 22 — 25 millim. 



Hah. Guatimala (Sivers); Panama (Motschulsky); St. Domingo 

 (Ehrenberg) ; Porto-Rico (Moritz) ; Martinique ; Venezuela (Mo- 

 ritz, Appun) ; Santarem, Brazil (Bates). 



Nasuti and workers from Matanzas, Cuba (Osten Sacken), seem 

 to belong here. 



3. T. debilis ! 



Termes debilis Heer! Insektenfauna der Tertiargebilde II, 35, 19; tab. 

 iii, fig. 6 (contained in gum copal). Giebel, Fauna der Vorwelt, II, 

 295. — Termes morio Burm. (in part) II, 767, 11. — T. debilis Hag.! 

 Linn. XII, 205, 38 ; tab. iii, fig. 30. 



Brownish-black, antennae annulated with white ; mouth, feet 

 and middle of the venter yellowish ; wings opaque, blackish-gray, 

 costal veins fuseous ; head convex, square, an impressed point 

 upon the middle ; ocelli small, approaching the eyes ; prothorax 

 small, rounded. 



Length to tip of wings 8J millim. Body 3j millim. Expanse 

 of wings 16 millim. 



