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brown spot at the end of the fork of the cubitus, and with another 

 in the disk nearly opposite the stigma : hind-wings shorter and nar- 

 rower than the fore-wings, with a brown spot near the tip and with 

 another on the hind border at two-thirds of the length. Length of 

 the body 17 lines; of the wings 43 lines. 



62. MYRMELEON PEEICULOSUS. 



Piceus ; caput subtus oculos flavum, facie palpisque maxillaribus 

 testaceis ; antennae nigrce, thorace paullo longiores, testaceo 

 subannulata ; pedes fulvi, femoribus tibiisque apice nigri- 

 cantibus, tarsis nigris basi pallidis ; alcB limpidce, longce, 

 angustce, lanceolate, acuminate. 



Pitchy: head yellow beneath the eyes and with two yellow 

 rings at the base of the antennae ; face and maxillary palpi testa- 

 ceous; labial palpi pitchy : antenna black, subclavate, a little longer 

 than the thorax ; tips of the joints along three-fourths of the 

 length testaceous: prothorax linear, a little broader than long: 

 legs tawny ; femora and tibiae blackish towards the tips ; tarsi black ; 

 first joint pale testaceous at the base: wings limpid, long, narrow, 

 lanceolate ; their tips distinctly pointed ; stigma white, with a very 

 small adjoining pale brown spot in the fore-wings ; veins alternately 

 black and white ; subcostal areolets simple, with a few forked veins 

 from half the length to the stigma; marginal region narrow : hind- 

 wings narrower but very little shorter than the fore-wings. Length 

 of the body 14 ? lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



63. MYRMELEON INGENIOSUS. 



Cinereo-piceus, gracilis ; vertex fulvo maculatus ; fades testacea ; 

 antennce graciles, thoracis longitudine, testaceo annulate ; tho- 

 racis et abdominis segmenta testaceo maculata et marginata ; 

 pedes testacei, tibiis apice nigris, tarsis albis nigro cinctis , 

 alee hyalince, longa, anguste, subacuminatce, apice fusco no- 

 tate, antica linea obliqua postica fusca. 



Pitchy, slender, with a hoary tinge : vertex with two bands of 

 tawny spots ; face and palpi testaceous ; third joint of the labial 

 palpi with a pitchy band : antennae subclavate, slender, as long as 

 the thorax ; fore borders of the joints testaceous ; club testaceous 



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