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de Malaga", but he states also that he has got the spe- 
cies from Senegal. Rambur is undoubtedly right as to 
the last mentioned locality, and I believe. to have seen 
several specimens from Congo and Abyssinia, but de- 
scribed under other names. Later on I hope to come 
back to this subject. 
Nicarinus. 
Navas, Ann. Soc. scient. Bruxelles. p. 243, 1914. 
Nisteus Navas, Revista Real Acad. Madrid. p. 634, 1915. 
This genus agrees very well with the foregoing as to 
the shape and length of tarsal joints and the spurs; 
but with regard to the nervature of the wings it is nearer 
allied to the genus Formicaleo. Both have a number of 
short cells between the branches of Rs, especially be- 
tween first, second, third and fourth. Between the bran- 
ches from M 2a in the hindwing more than three cells. 
Legs with long hairs. 
Nicarinus poecilopterus (Pl. II, fig. 5). 
Myrmeleon poecilopterus Stein, Berliner Entom. Zeitschr. 
p. 421, 1863. 
Nicarinus bastlicus Navas, Ann. Soc. scient. Bruxelles. 
p. 244, 1914. 
The species was described on specimens collected 
by Krüper, probably in Peloponnesus. I possess the spe- 
cies from Brussa in Asia minor and from Caucasus. 
Navas mentions Akbés in Syria. Brauer (Festschrift k.k. 
zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, p. 289, 1876) places the species 
in Formicaleo, but he remarks that it ought to be placed 
in a new genus. 
Formicaleo. 
keach, Edinb: Encycl IX, p. 138, 1815: 
Legs short and stout, strongly haired. Body rather ro- 
bust. Strong and robust species. 
