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REVISION OF SOME OF THE TYPE-SPECIMENS OF 

 MYRMELEONIDAE, DESCRIBED BY NA VAS AISD 

 PLAGE!) IN THE VIENNA MUSEUxM 



bj P. Esbeii-I'elerseii, Silkeborg. 



I lake hère the liberty to hring tlie commitLee of the Entomo- 

 logical deparlment of llie Vienna Muséum my best thanks for the 

 kind permission to look over ail llie Navasian type-specimeus of 

 the Myrmeleonidae, kept in t^e Muséum. I liave seeii the lype- 

 specimens of 64 species described by Navas, and of thèse I hâve 

 identilied 35 as already described species. w\bout the rest I do not 

 Hke to. say anylhing at présent; but I hâve studied them vcry 

 carefully and iia've made photos ofthem ail for furlher investiga- 

 tions and for my work on the Seiysian Collections, and I expect to 

 be able later on still to identify a number of them. 



This woi'k lias convinced me of the necessity of a carefnF exami-' 

 nation of the Navasian Type-speoimens in the Muséums of London, 

 Paris, Oxford, Cambridge, etc , before any morïograph of Ihe family 

 or of gronps of the Myrmeleonidae can be made. 



Palpares niidatus Navas, Ann. Soc. scient Orux., pag. 23, 1912. 

 The type-specimen ($) from East Africa is a tyf)ical s|)ecimen of 

 Palpares sparsus Mac Laghl. 



Palpares costatus Navas, Ann. Soc. scient. Brux., pag. 13, 1912. 

 The type-specimen (Ç) is from Chartum. Th'is species is Palpares 

 incoimnodus \N\uiFJ\, what already Banks has pointed out. 



Palpares Riell (,^) Navas, Insecta, pag. bU, 1912, and Palpares 

 rubescens Stitz, Milt Zool. Mus. Berlin, pag. lll. 1912, ar-e l)oth 

 the same species, at)d they belong to inco)j}iii(>dus. 



Palparidius festivus Navas, Ann. Soc scient. Brux., pag. 30, 1912. 

 The type-specimen ($) is from Damara. Tlio species is Palpa- 

 ridius alpicola Pkrinu., and the type-specimen agrées in every 

 respect witli a spécimen aï alpicola, presented to me l)y l)"" Pi':r[n- 



GUEY. 



Dimares erythrostlgma Navas, Mroteria, pag. 47, 1914. The type 

 spécimen (Çr from Solidad in Brazil is Dimares albidilinea Walk., 

 and it agrées in every respect with Walkkh's species as to the 

 shape of markings on the head, thorax and abdomen and as to the 

 vcnation of the wiiigs. The pterostigmatical area is somewliat 

 rosy coloared, and the brownish" colour of Die abdomen has a 



