MYRMELEONID^ FROM AUSTRALIA. 

 By Xathax Banks. 



The ant-lion flies of Australia have been mostly described by 

 Walker and Gerstaecker. In collections sent to me by !Mr. Dodd, 

 from Kuranda and Port Dar\\in, and by Mr. Perkins, from several 

 parts of Queensland, are a number of the described species and 

 several that are new. These are described in this paper. 



The Australian Mynneleondiae are more like the European 

 forms than like those of the United States. Two genera, Myrme- 

 leon and Acanthaclisis, they have that occur also with us, but these 

 genera are generally distributed throughout the world. The new 

 general are more allied to the European than to our genera. 

 There is practically no similarity to the South African forms. 



The eight genera known to me can be tabulated as follows : 



1 Xo spurs, one cross- vein, before radial sector in hind wings; wings broad 



Chrysoleon 



Spurs ]iresent r 2 



2. (Jne cross-vein before radial sector in hind wings 5 



Several cross- veins before radial sector in hind wings; anal ends before fork 



of radial sector; pronotuni broader than long , 3 



8. In middle of apical half of each wing is a nearly straight line formed by the 



bent longitudinal veins and very short cross-veins; anal vein of hind 



wings runs into lower cubitus, legs short and stout .. Acanthaclisis 



No such line of bent veins and short cross- veins 4 



4. In both wings the upper cubitus and the median unite long before margin 



of wings ; wings very broad Callistoleon 



Upper cubitus and median not united, wings more narrow. .Myrmeleon 



5. Basal joint of tarsi longer than apical joint; anal ends far out on wings, 



beyond origin of first fork of radial sector Protoplectron 



Basal joint of tarsi not longer than apical; anal vein ends nearer l)asc of 



wing, at or before origin of first fork of the radial sector <j 



Ci. Spurs as long as first fottr tarsal joints together Distoleon 



Sptirs barely longer than first joint of tarsus 7 



7. Wings broad in stigmal area, in middle of this area is a straight line as in 

 .■\canthaclisis formed by bent longitudinal veins and very short cross- 

 veins Glenurus 



Wings more narrow; no such line formed by bent veins and short cross-Ncins 



Formicaleo 



Glenurus pulchellus Ramb. 



.Mid-yueensland (Perkins) also New South Wales (Froggatt). 



Glenurus dissolutus Gerst. 



i\)rl Darwin, 12 May (Dodd). 



Glenurus stigmatus, n. sp. 



l'\ue i>alc', a large interantennal black spot, a transverse pale band 

 above this, and the vertex brown; antennae black; pronotum with a 

 broad black median stripe, containing a pale median stripe in fore 

 part, sides ])ale, streaked and dotted with black; rest of thorax black, 

 with a few small pale spots on the lobes; abdomen black; legs black, 

 tibia I and II with basal and preapical bands pale, sometimes also a 

 median spot above; hind tibiae pale behind, except tip, and in front at 



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