322 MYRMELEONITES. 



38. MYJJMELEON MOLESTUS. 



Ferrugineus, robustus ; caput testaceum, vertice piceo-nigro guttato ; 

 antenna nigrte, subclavate, fulvo annulate; thorax nigro 

 sexvittatus ; abdomen nigrum ; maculis dorsalibus testaceis ; 

 pedes nigri, validi, femoribus fulvo vittatis, libiis testaceo 

 fasciatis ; alee subhyalina, breves, anguste, subungulate. 



Ferruginous, stout, clothed with whitish hairs : head testace- 

 ous ; vertex pitchy, with a band of black dots : palpi ferruginous : 

 antennae black, subclavate, much shorter than the thorax ; fore 

 borders of the joints tawny : thorax clothed above with black hairs, 

 with six black stripes which much resemble those of M. distinctus : 

 prothorax a little narrower in front, much broader than long: abdo- 

 men black, much shorter than the wings, with a testaceous dorsal 

 spot on each segment: legs slout, black, hairy ; femora with a 

 tawny stripe beneath ; tibiae with testaceous bands ; tips of the 

 tarsi reddish ; spurs reddish, much bent, angular, dentate beneath, 

 black towards the tips : wings subhyaline, rather short and narrow, 

 slightly angular at the tips ; stigma yellowish ; veins alternately 

 black and testaceous, or whitish, in structure like those of M. dis- 

 tinctus ; none of them clouded. Length of the body 15 lines; of 

 the wings 42 lines. 



30. MYBMELEON FEKALIS. 



Niger, robustus ; caput antice su'jtusque testaceum ; palpi testaceis, 

 labiates apice ferruginei ; antenna subclavate, testaceo annu- 

 late ; thorax ferrugineo quinquevittatus ; abdomen testaceo 

 maculatum ; pedes validi, ferrugineo varii ; ala hyalince, 

 anguste, breves, apice subacuminate, anticce apicem versus 

 fusco vix notate. 



Black, stout, clothed with whitish hairs: head testaceous in 

 front and beneath ; vertex with a slight transverse ridge : palpi 

 pale testaceous ; labial palpi with ferruginous tips : antennae black, 

 subclavate, much shorter than the thorax ; tips of the joints testa- 

 ceous: prothorax much narrower in front, a little broader than long, 

 with a very slender ferruginous dorsal stripe, and a very broad sub- 

 divided one on each side : mesothorax and metathorax with five ir- 

 regular ferruginous stripes : abdomen much shorter than the wings, 



