P 
of Formicaleo. 51 
“= pug longis, tarsis hirsutis, ungulá subtüs spinulosd, ungui- — 
culis elongatis. : 
2. FoRMICALEO TARSALIS. 
F. nigro-fuscescens, flavido maculatus; alis hyalinis immacu- 
latis subfalcatis, neuris interrupté nigris, stigmate nigro, 
pedibus flavescentibus atro variis. 
Expans. alar. 1 un. 9 lin.—Long. corp. 45; un. 
Habitat in Americes Demerara? Vidi exemplum siccum. 
Descr. Facies pallida: vertex atro signatus: antenne flaves- 
centes, atro fasciatz : pedes hirsuti, atro maculato-punctati. 
changed. In the flame of a candle they burn to a coal, with very slight bubbling, 
giving out the peculiar smell of animal bodies exposed to fire. Alcohol slightly softens 
them. 
The repagula of the Ascalaphi are d affected by sulphuric acid, which imme- 
diately dissolves them as well as the ova with considerable effervescence. 
H 2 III. The 
