192 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed JVeuroptera 



taceis, alls vitreis acurainatis perangustis, venis posticis fusco- 

 nebulosis, stigmate nigricante. 



Male. — Piceous, very slender : head above with transverse tes- 

 taceous lines ; face and underside testaceous ; antennae short, capi- 

 tate, with testaceous rings ; thorax with three testaceous stripes ; 

 the middle one slender ; abdomen pubescent, shorter than the 

 wings ; legs testaceous, short, slender ; wings vitreous, acumi- 

 nated, very narrow ; veins white, with black bands, those along 

 the apical part of the hind border clouded with brown ; fore- 

 wings a little broader, but not longer than the hind-wings ; stigma 

 blackish ; veins along most of the length of the hind border 

 clouded with brown. 



Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 19 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Myrmeleon amUguus. 



Fcem. — Niger, gracilis, capite lituris flavis, antennis clavatis 

 testaceo-lineatis, thoracis segmentis testaceo-marginatis, pro- 

 thorace guttis duabus testaceis, abdomine breviusculo maculis 

 dorsalibus elongatis testaceis, pedibus testaceo-vittatis, alis 

 vitreis angustis, stigmate venisque albis. 



Female. — Black, slender: head yellow along the eyes, and with 

 some yellow marks above ; antennae short, clavate, with a testa- 

 ceous line ; thorax with the borders of the segments testaceous ; 

 prothorax with a testaceous dot on each side in front; abdomen 

 much shorter than the wings, with an elongated dorsal testaceous 

 spot on each segment ; legs rather slender, not long, striped with 

 testaceous ; wings vitreous, narrow ; stigma white ; veins white, 

 fewer than in most species, very minutely ciliated ; hind-wings a 

 little narrower and shorter than the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Myrmeleon contractus. 



Mas. — Niger, subtus testaceus punctis nigris, capite testaceo 

 guttis nigris fasciaque antica lata ferruginea, antennis cla- 

 vatis testaceo-annulatis, thorace vittis duabus latis testaceis 

 nigro-notatis, abdomine brevi fasciis testaceis, pedibus tes- 

 taceis nigro-fasciatis, alis vitreis obtusis, stigmate venisque 

 albis, alarum anticarum venis nonnullis fusco-nebulosis. 



Male. — Black : underside testaceous, with some black points ; 

 head testaceous, with several black dots above, and with a broad 

 ferruginous band on the face ; antennae clavate, short, with testa- 



