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pholo of ils wiiigs. Van dicr WeiciJ'; (Bull. scMenl. France et Bel- 

 gique, p. 2Gi, 1907) lias giveii a re-descriplioii of Ihe species 

 together wilh a dfawing of the anal appetidages of Ihe maie. In 

 lig. 2 1 give alsô a sketch. At présent I cannot give aiiy reliable 

 character by vvliich the female scx of brncliyrjaster and dislincta in 

 drie-l con(htion uiay be separated. It is possible when mici'osco- 

 pîcal pieparations of Ihe anal parts are inade that such characters 

 may be found, but slill T hâve not had suiïicient material for this 

 investigation. 'J'he female sex of dislincta is generally more 

 irrorated on the wings, and tlie abrupted médian streak along the 

 forewing more prononnced than in hracliycj aster. 



Fig. 2, — Ceulroclisis distiucid Rbk. — Ventral aud latéral view 

 of anrd appeiidages of (j • 



Sogra vitanda Navas, Memorias, p. 154, 1912. The type-specimen 

 ( Ç ) from Oamara belongs either to hrachygaster or to distincta. ïhe 

 maie type (Paris Muséum) referred to in the description of the 

 female is according to the sketches of the anal a[)pendages a quite 

 difïerent species, neilher brackygaster nor distincta. 



l give hère a drawing (fig. 3) of the arnal appendages of a maie 

 belonging to what I considerto be Cenlr. edàx Walker. As to the 

 structure, markings and colour of the body, the legs and the wings, 

 that species has much likeness to brachygaster and distincta, but 

 the dark bands of the veins in the forewings are probably more 

 uumerous. In the area of the cubital fork of the forewing is a 

 small, rather indistinct dark spot. Of that species 1 haye on!y seen 

 spécimens from West Africa. 



In thé Vienna Muséum exists a female spécimen oï edax, named 

 by Navas as Sayra gulo Ual.m. In « .Memorias», p. 150, 1912, he 

 cites Mynnecoleon gulo Buhm. and Myrmelcon edux Walk. as 

 synonyms of gulo Dal.m.; but as Hagen lias aiready pointed out 



