330 MYEMELEONITES. 



Myrmecoleon irroratus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 995, 11. 

 Myrmeleon conspersus ? Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 387, 3. 



North America. 



a, b. -- ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



48. MYRMELEON NEBULOSUS. 



Rufo-cinereus ; vertex subgibbosus ; antenna rufescentes, apice 

 obscuriores ; thorax fusco varius ; pedes flavi, tibiis et tarso- 

 rum articulis apice nigris ; alee hyalince y antica maculis gut- 

 tisque rufo-flavis. 



Myrmeleon nebulosus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 387, 4. 



a. North America. 



5. - ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



49. MYRMELEON INIQUUS. 



Mas. FulvuSy gracillimw ; caput nigro maculatum ; antennce 

 ferruginecB) subannulatce, apice picece, thorace multo longiores ; 

 thorax piceo bivittatus ; abdomen pubescens, apice piceum^ alis 

 multo longius ; pedes testacei ; ales hyalince, breves, subacu- 

 minatce, fusco confertim guttata. 



Tawny, very slender : head blackish about the base of the an- 

 tennae ; vertex with six black spots, two in front and four in a band 

 behind : antenn ferruginous, subclavate, pitchy towards the tips, 

 very much longer than the thorax ; fore borders of the joints slightly 

 testaceous : thorax with two pitchy stripes : prothorax linear, broader 

 than long : abdomen very much longer than the wings, pubescent, 

 pitchy towards the tip : appendages short, bristly, curved downwards : 

 legs testaceous: wings hyaline, moderately broad, rather short, 

 slightly pointed ; stigma whitish, very indistinct, as is also an adjoin- 

 ing pale brown spot; veins brownish, with very numerous little 

 brown dots on their forks and junctions ; subcostal areolets simple, 

 several of their veins forked or twice forked towards the stigma. 

 Length of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 



