6 NEUROPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Hab. Panama, Obispo (Motschulsky). 

 Imago unknown. 



7. T. tenuis ! 



Termes tenuis Hagen ! Linn. XII, 231, 57 ; tab. iii, fig. 35. 



Pale yellow ; head and prothorax a little brownish ; wings 

 opaque, pale whitish-yellow, the costal veins luteous ; head oblong, 

 convex, a salient point in the middle ; ocelli absent ; prothorax 

 quadrangular. 



Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Body 3 millim. Expanse 

 of wings 20 millim. 



Hab. St. Domingo, Port au Prince (Ehrenberg) ; Columbia 

 (Moritz); Brazil (Helm). 



The ocelli, which are present in the other species, are absent in 

 this. In other respects it belongs to the genus. 



8. T. simplex! 



Termes simplex Hag.! Linn. XII, 238, 60 ; tab. iii, fig. 23. 



Fulvous, antennae and feet yellowish, wings hyaline, a little 

 roughened, costal veins yellowish ; head rounded, convex, a dis- 

 tinct fovea upon the middle, ocelli small, closely approximate ; 

 prothorax flat, semicircular ; wings with the median nervure ab- 

 sent. 



Length to tip of wings 10 millim. Body 5 millim. Expanse 

 of wings It millim. 



Hab. Cuba (Poeppig). 



An anomalous species. Only a single, very much damaged, 

 specimen seen. 



9. T. nigriceps. 



Termes nigriceps Haldeman, Proceed. Acad. Philad. 1853, June, VI, 

 365.— Hag. Linn. XII, 230, 55. 



Workers and soldiers nasute ; head blackish-brassy, pyriform, 

 nasute, antennae, feet and body yellow. 

 Length of body 3 millim. 

 Hab. Western Mexico (Leconte). Unknown to me. 



10. T. stremms ! 



Termes strenuus Hagen! Linn. XIV, 105. 



Fuscous, villose ; mouth, antennas, feet and margins of the 



