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tapering towards the hind border. Length of the body 11 lines; 

 of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Cape. 



27. MYEMELEON CONSPURCATUS. 



Niger ; prothoracis margineflavo , alee anticcefulvce venis transversu 

 infuscatis, posticce fuscce flavo maculates. 



Myvmecoleon conspurcatus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 997, 21. 

 Palpares conspurcatus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 377, 19. 



S. Africa. 



Subdiv. 2. 



Alae anticae posticis plus maculatae. Tibiae calcaribus valde 

 flexis. 



Acauthaclisis, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 378. 



Labiutn heart-shaped; maxillary palpi with the penultimate 

 joint shorter than the last which is cylindrical and a little attenuated 

 towards the tip; labial palpi much longer, their second joint some- 

 times as long as the maxillary palpi, last joint also very long, 

 clavate : legs short ; spurs on the tips of the tibiae notched about 

 the middle on the inner side, thence bent almost at a right 

 angle, always much longer than the first and second joints of the 

 tarsi ; claws with a prominent, rounded and much bent dilatation at 

 the base: wings more or less spotted, only varied by the different 

 colouring of the veins; hind-wings always less marked than the fore- 

 wings, slightly prolonged, and with a winglet on their hinder base. 



The species of this division may be distinguished by their 

 thick bodies, and by their short and narrow wings, in which the sub- 

 costal areolets are generally divided. 



28. MYRMELEON OCCITANICUS. 



Rubicundo-cinereus, albo-hirtus, vitia media nigra ; abdomen ni- 

 grwn,) seymentorum marginibus flaws ; alarum venae fusco 

 punctatce, radius et cubitus fusco fasciati. 



Myrmeleon occitanicus, VilL Ent. Linn. iii. 63, 9, pi. 7, f. 10. Olio. 

 Enc. Meth. viii. 122, 5. Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. lix. 4. Lair. 

 Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 192, 1 ; Descript. de VEgypte, Neur. pi. 

 3, f. 5. 



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