P. ESBEN-PETERSEN, AFRTCAX MYRMELEONIDAE. I. 7 



P. ictericus Xavas, Revue Zool. Afric, p. 408, pl. XXI, 

 fig. 2, 1912 (Congo, Kitobola). 



P. dilatatus Navas, ibid., p. 36, fig. 2, 1912 (Congo, 

 Brazzaville). 



/ P. ornatus Navas, Ann. Soc. Brux., p. 24, fig. 12, 1912 

 (East Africa, Tabora). 



Present 1 J' and 1 2 from Congo (Dannfelt leg.). The 

 species is closely allied to the foregoing, but it is of a smaller 

 size, and the wings have a more strongly yellowish tinge. 

 In both pairs of the wings Rs arises opposite to or a little 

 before the cubital fork, and the sector forks 2—3 cellules 

 from its base. The »oblique vein» is nearer to the cubital 

 fork than to the first cubital sector. The intercalary vein 

 arises from Cuy^ a little bej^ond the »oblique vein» like a sector. 



Fig. 4. 

 Palpares aegrotes. Mus. Stockholm. 



The anal appendages of the male are of the same size and 

 shape as in radiatus. I am quite certain that ictericus and 

 dilatatus are the same species as aegrotus, but with regard to 

 ornatus (type-specimen in Vienna Museum) I have some doubt, 

 especially because the drawing of the wings shows that Es 

 arises before the cubital fork. 



Palpares torridus Xavas. — Ann. Soc. Brux., p. 26, 

 fig. 13, 1912 (East Africa). 



Of this species I have seen three specimens. One male 

 and one female in the collection from Stockholm Museum 

 and one female in my own collection; all these specimens are 

 from British East Africa. The type-specimen, § (Museum 

 Vienna) is from Kilimandjaro. In »Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 



