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club oblong, black; thorax with the dorsum fuscons, beneath with 

 white pile ; feet brown-black, the tibiae exteriorly spotted with 

 luteous; abdomen brownish-cinereous, the base with white villosity, 

 each side with an oblique black streak; wings hyaline, veins black, 

 the costa luteous; pterostigma yellow; the hind wings with three 

 apical, fuscous clouds. 



Alar expanse 60 millim. Length of the antenna 27 millira. 



Hob. New York ; Baltimore. 



4. A. limbatus ! 



Ascalaphus limbatus Burm.! Handb. II, 1001, 8 ; Walk. Catal. 436, 53. 



Allied to A. avuncuhis, but differs by having shorter antennae, 

 the club smaller ; the apex of the posterior wings, and the poste- 

 rior margin of the wings clouded with fuscous. 



Alar expanse 50 millim. Length of the antennae 22 millim. 



ffab. North America ? Jamaica (Gosse). 



Ascalaphus surinamensis Walk. Catal. 439, 57, is this species; 

 but the description and synonymy does not belong to it. 



5. A. subiratus. 



Ascalaphus subiratus Walk. Catal. 439, 58. 



Black, with black hair ; antennae fulvous, the incisures black, 

 the club black, testaceous beneath ; thorax striped with testaceous ; 

 feet piceous; abdomen short; wings hyaline, apex of the anterior 

 ones subfuscescent, base of the posterior ones blackish-fuscous, 

 with four oblique abbreviated fuscous bands posteriorly. (From 

 the description of Walker.) 



Alar expanse 58 millim. 



Hal). Honduras, Guatemala. 



* * Eyes entire. 



6. A. albistigma! 



Ascalaphus albistigma Walk.! Catal. 452, 80. 



Ferruginous, with fuscous hairs; face luteous; antennae luteous, 

 the club fuscous, yellow beneath ; thorax fulvous, anteriorly fus- 

 cous ; the sides fuscous, spotted with yellow, an obscure cinereous 

 stripe above ; feet yellow, tarsi black ; abdomen long, fuscous ; 

 wings hyaline, the apex fuscescent, pterostigma large, white ; an- 



