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veins occasionally clouded with black along the sub-costa and 

 along the middle of the disk. 



Length of the body 14 — 18 lines; of the wings 24 — 27 lines. 



Amazon Region, Colombia. 



Myrmeleon pubiventris. 



Mas. — Testaceus, gracilis, capite lituris transversis fuscis, an- 

 tennis ferrugineis capitatis, thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, ab- 

 domine longissimo valde pubescente apicem versus fusco, 

 pedibus validis spinosis, alis acuminatis perangustis sub-tes- 

 taceis, stigmate pallide fusco, venis fuscis albo-fasciatis. 



Male. — Testaceous, slender r head above with transverse brown 

 marks ; antennae ferruginous, capitate ; thorax with four brown 

 stripes, which are most regular and complete on the prothorax ; 

 abdomen very pubescent, brown towards the tip, much longer 

 than the wings or nearly twice their length ; legs short, stout, 

 spinose ; wings acuminated, very narrow, with a slight testaceous 

 tinge; stigma pale brown; veins brown, with white bands; hind- 

 wings shorter than the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 19 — 23 lines; of the wings 27 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Myrmeleon albid'ilinea. 



Mas. — Ferrugineo-fusca, capitis lineis reticulatis facieque albi- 

 dis, thorace vittis quatuor albidis, abdomine lineis duabus 

 lateralibus albidis, pedibus testaceis validis spinosis, alis 

 vitreis sub -acuminatis sat angustis, stigmate albo, venis 

 nigris. 



Male. — Ferruginous brown : head whitish in front and beneath ; 

 vertex reticulated with whitish lines ; antennae black, capitate ; 

 thorax with four whitish stripes, the middle pair broader than 

 the lateral pair, and most regular on the prothorax ; abdomen a 

 little longer than the wings, with a whitish line along each side 

 for half the length from the base ; legs testaceous, short, stout, 

 spinose ; wings rather narrow, slightly acuminated, quite vitreous ; 

 stigma white ; veins black ; hind-wings as long as the fore-wings, 

 but narrower. 



Length of the body 15 lines; of the wings 25 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



-\ Myrmeleon indiges. 

 Ma5.— Testaceus, gracillimus, capite fasciis interruptis nigris, 



