190 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Neuroplera 



antennis clavatis nigro-annulatis, thorace fasciis quatuor nigris, 



abdotnine nigro longissimo sub-pubescente fasciis testaceis, 



pedibus nigro-fasciatis, alis vitreis acuminatis perangustis, 



stigmate obsolete, venis nigris. 



Male. — Testaceous, very slender : head above with interrupted 



black bands ; antenna clavate, with black rings; thorax with four 



irregular and partly contiguous black stripes ; pectus on each side 



black, with testaceous dots ; abdomen black, slightly pubescent, 



very much longer than the wings, with about eight testaceous 



bands; legs short, spinose ; tibiae and tarsi with black bands; 



wings vitreous, acuminated, very narrow ; stigma obsolete ; veins 



black, less numerous than in most species ; hind-wings as long as 



the fore-wings, and hardly narrower. 



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

 Haiti. 



Myrmeleon excogitans. 



Mas. — Niger, capite antico, palpis et propectore flavis, antennis 

 capitatis testaceo-annulatis, thorace vittis quinque rufescen- 

 tibus, pectore rufescente, abdomine breviusculo vittis duabus 

 testaceis, pedibus crassis pilosis spinosis longiusculis ex parte 

 fulvis, alis vitreis longis acuminatis sat angustis, stigmate 

 nigricante, venis albis nigro-fasciatis, alis posticis brevioribus. 



Male. — Black : head reddish above along the eyes, yellow in 

 front and beneath ; palpi yellow ; antennae short, capitate, with 

 testaceous rings ; prothorax rather long, slightly conical, with five 

 reddish stripes, yellow beneath ; mesothorax and metathorax well 

 developed, also striped, but less regularly ; pectus reddish ; abdo- 

 men with two testaceous stripes, much shorter than the wings ; 

 legs pilose, spinose, very stout, rather long, partly tawny ; spurs 

 as long as the first joint of the tarsi; wings vitreous, long, acumi- 

 nated, rather narrow ; stigma blackish ; veins white, mostly wMth 

 black bands ; hind-wings much shorter and a little narrower than 

 the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 14 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



This species may be included in a group with M. feralis, M. 

 distinctus and M.fundalus. 



ISlyrmeleon ohducens. 

 Mas. — Nigricans, gracilis, capite flavo supra nigricante fasciis 

 duabus flavescentibus, antennis sub-clavatis annulis flave- 

 scentibus, prothorace vittis tribus flavescentibus, mesothorace 



