4 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 



Macroleon, new genus. 



Fore wings ; anal vein ends before first fork of radial sector; 12 to 15 cross- 

 veins before radial sector, many of them crossed; cubital forks very divergent, and 

 much before end of anal, radial sector with numerous branches. Hind wings ; the 

 anal vein runs into the fork of cubitus, and not into margin ; 5 or 6 cross-veins before 

 radial sector. Wings long, broad near tip, but pointed ; costal series single. Spurs 

 not as long as first tarsal joint ; antennae long. Type iMyrnieleon vaiidus McLachl. 



Nesoleon, new genus. 



Fore wings ; the anal vein ends before the fork of radial sector ; about 9 cross- 

 veins before radial sector; the fork of cubitus runs parallel to anal for some distance, 



Hind wings ; about 8 cross-veins before radial sector ; the fork of cubitus runs 

 parallel to anal for some distance. In both pairs the wings are short and broad, and 

 broadly rounded at tips. Spurs not as long as first tarsal joint, and very slender 

 and weak. 



Nesoleon braunsi, new species. 



Face black in middle, a large yellowish spot each side, clypeus pale ; palpi black 

 at tip ; antennre black ; vertex black ; two transverse pale lines each side, connected 

 near middle ; pronotum pale, with three broad black stripes, the lateral ones con- 

 taining a pale streak, the median one enlarged near middle ; thorax with middle 

 area pale, with a median black stripe through the scutelli ; the anterior lobe of 

 mesothorax black, with a pale spot each side behind ; lateral lobes with some pale 

 spots over bases of wings ; abdomen black. Legs pale ; femora blackish above ; 

 tibiae with two black bands; and tips of tarsal joints black. Wings pale, or rather 

 blackish, since this latter color occupies the greater part of the surface, especially in 

 the male ; in the latter the fore wings are black from tip to one third near base, where 

 the black is broken up into small spots ; the stigma is white, two white spots under 

 radius near middle, and some small white spots along the median vein. Hind wings 

 of male still more evenly black, the basal third pale, and stigma white. In the 

 female the hind wings are nearly as in the male, but the pale extends farther out 

 from base and there is a pale spot under radius near middle ; the fore wings have the 

 brown or blackish much broken up ; thiee larger pale spots ; one near middle under 

 radius, one at the stigma, and a third in the disc behind these ; the apical part of 

 wing has as much pale as dark ; the hairs borne by the veins are snow-white. Spurs 

 short and weak, very slender. Wings broad, rounded at tips ; in fore wings the anal 

 ends before first fork of radial sector ; 9 veins before radial sector ; the fork of 

 cubitus runs parallel to the anal for a long distance, also in the hind wings, and here 

 there are 8 cross-veins before radial sector. Antennae very short ; abdomen of male, 

 as well as of female, shorter than wings. Expanse 38 to 43 mm. 



From Willowmore, Cape Colony, Dec. (Dr. Brauns). 



