194 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Neuroptera 



which is more remote than any other from the typical character of 

 the genus, and is closely allied to Chrysppa. 



Myrmeleon insolilus. 



Mas. — Testaceiis, gracilis, capite atomis fasciisque duabus an- 

 ticis nigris, antennis sub-clavatis rufescentibns apice nigris, 

 thorace vittis quatuor nigris, prothorace longo, abdomine 

 fasciis latis diflTusis nigricantibus, pedibus longis nigro-fasci- 

 atis, alis longis angustis vitreis fusco-variis, stigmato albo, 

 venis albis nigro-fasciatis. 



Male. — Testaceous, slender: head above minutely speckled 

 with black; face with two black bands; palpi short; antennae 

 sub-clavate, reddish, with black tips ; thorax with four black 

 stripes, which are very broad on the mesothorax, and are almost 

 connected on the metathorax ; prothorax long ; abdomen shorter 

 than the wings, with broad diffuse blackish bands; legs long, 

 slender, with black bands ; spurs as long as the 1st and 2nd joints 

 of the tarsi ; wings vitreous, long, narrow, acuminated ; stigma 

 white ; veins white, with black bands ; fore-wings with several 

 various brown marks, and with two exterior brown patches, one 

 on the costa, the other on the hind border ; tips brown ; hind- 

 wings a little narrower and shorter than the fore-wings ; their 

 brown marks fewer. 



Length of the body 13 lines j of the wings 29 lines. 



Hindostan. 



This species approaches closely to the preceding group, but is 

 rather less remote from the usual generic form. 



Myrmeleon 'pecidiaris. 

 Foem. — Nigricans, gracilis, capite fasciis interruptis testaceis, pal- 

 pis brevissimis, antennis fulvis longis sub-clavatis apice nigri- 

 cantibus, thorace vitta testacea, prothorace longo, abdomine 

 ferrugineo basi nigricante, segmentis testaceo-marginatis, 

 pedibus testaceis longissimis nigro-fasciatis, alis vitreis apices 

 versus nigricante fuscis, stigmate subroseo, alis anticis ro- 

 tundatis striga postica obliqua nigro-fusca, posticis acuminatis 

 longioribus, maculis quatuor sub-apicalibus albis. 



Female. — Blackish, slender : head with interrupted testaceous 

 bands ; eyes aeneous ; palpi very short ; antennae tawny, long, 

 sub-clavate, with blackish tips ; thorax with a testaceous stripe, 

 which is dilated and abbreviated hindvvard; prothorax long; abdo- 



