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et metathorace vittis duabus laieralibus flavis, abdomine alls 

 vix breviore, pedibus testaceis nigro-subnotatis, alis vitreis 

 angustis acuniiiiatis, punctis exterioribus nigricaiitibus, anticis 

 litura postica interiore nigra. 



Male. — Blackisb, slender : head above with two slender yel- 

 lowish bands ; face and underside yellow ; antennae sub-clavate, 

 moderately long, with yellowish rings ; prothorax with three 

 yellowish stripes, yellow beneath ; mesothorax and metathorax 

 with two yellow lateral stripes ; abdomen almost as long as the 

 wings ; hind borders of the 1st and 2nd segments whitish, of the 

 following segments tawny ; legs testaceous, slender, moderately 

 long, slightly marked with black ; wings vitreous, narrow, acumi- 

 nated, with a few blackish points towards the tips ; stigma brown- 

 ish, not distinct ; veins mostly pale, minutely ciliated ; fore-wings 

 with a black mark near the hind border at somewhat beyond 

 one-third of the length ; hind-wings not shorter, but a little nar- 

 rower than the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Myrmeleon incuratus. 



Mas, — Niger, gracilis, nitens, capite maculis duabus testaceis, 

 antennis clavatis breviusculis, thorace vittis duabus testaceis, 

 abdomine piceo-pubescente, pedibus fulvis, posticis testaceis 

 fusco-subnotatis, alis vitreis, stigmata albido, venis pallidis. 



Male. — Black, slender, shining: head with two testaceous spots 

 on each side above, and with some testaceous points beneath ; 

 mouth testaceous ; antennae clavate, rather short ; thorax with 

 a testaceous stripe along each side ; borders of the segments 

 partly testaceous ; abdomen piceous, pubescent, shorter than the 

 wings ; legs tawny, slender, not long ; hind pair testaceous, slightly 

 marked with brown ; wings vitreous, moderately broad, very 

 iridescent ; stigma whitish ; veins pale, ciliated ; hind-wings nar- 

 rower, but hardly shorter than the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Natal. 



Myrmeleon perplexus. 



Mas. — Piceus, gracillimus, capite testaceo, vertice piceo lineis 

 transversis testaceis, antennis capitatis testaceo-annulatis, tho- 

 race vittis tribus testaceis, abdomine pubescente, pedibus tes- 



