328 MYRMELEONITES. 



near the fore border at five-sixths of the length, the other near the 

 hind border at two-thirds of the length. Length of the body 23 

 lines ; of the wings 72 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection, 



Subdiv. 3. 



Alse anticse posticis plus maculate. Tibia? calcaribus fere rectis 

 aut subflexis. 



Myrmeleon, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 382. 



Body almost bare : labial palpi twice or four times the length 

 of the maxillary palpi ; last joint generally spindle-shaped, very 

 thick in the middle, sometimes club-shaped : spurs of the tips of the 

 tibiae almost straight or slightly bent, not reflected ; first joint of the 

 tarsi much longer than any one of the three following, sometimes 

 at least as long as the last, or as the other three together ; claws 

 very long, hardly reflected, not dilated at the base : wings generally 

 rather narrow, rarely with large spots ; subcostal region having 

 generally only a single row of areolets ; hind-wings almost always 

 less spotted than the fore-wings, very rarely with a winglet at the 

 hind base in the males ; veins various. 



Sect. 1. 



Antennarum clava oblonga. Tarsorum articulus 2us vel 3us 

 lo multo brevior. 



Subsect. 1. 

 Palpi labiales maxillaribus non plus duplo longiores. 



Group 1. 

 Alae maculis nullis magnis aut determinatis. 



a. 



Regio costalis e areolis bilineata, vel reticulata, vel venulis 

 transversis saepe furcatis. 



