340 MYRMELEONITES. 



66. MYRMELEON STRIOLA. 



Cinereo-piceuS) gracilis ; caput luteum, nigro varium, facie palpis- 

 que testaceis ; antennae picea, graciles, luteo annulatce,thoracis 

 longitudine ; prothorax sublinearis, multo latior quam longior, 

 testaceo maculatus ; thoracis segmenta testaceo maculata et 

 marginata ; pedes testacei, nigro notatce ; alee longce, peran- 

 gusta, acuminates, posticce fusco strigata. 



>. striola, Leach, MSS. 



Male. Pitchy, slender, tinged with gray : head luteous, black 

 above the base of the antenna?, with some black ridges and spots on 

 the vertex ; a black shining band beneath the base of the antenna? ; 

 face and palpi pale testaceous ; antennae pitchy, slender, clavate, as 

 long as the thorax ; a luteous band on the fore border of each joint : 

 prothorax almost linear, much broader than long, with several dull 

 testaceous spots : segments of the mesothorax and of the meta- 

 thorax with testaceous borders, their disks with indistinct testaceous 

 marks: abdomen shorter than the wings: legs testaceous, stout, 

 bristly, with some slight black marks : wings long, very narrow, 

 pointed ; stigma pale brown, indistinct in the hind-wings ; veins tes- 

 taceous, slightly ciliated ; sectors and cubitus with black bands ; 

 subcostal areolets simple, their veins not forked between the base and 

 the stigma ; hind-wings narrower and a little longer than the fore- 

 wings, with a brown streak which passes through the forks of the 

 marginal veinlets and extends obliquely to the tip of the wing, 

 where it joins the hind border ; its length varies from less than one- 

 fourth to less than one-third of that of the wing. Length of the 

 body 1416 lines ; of the wings 3238 lines. 



a, b. New Holland. 



67. MYRMELEON PERJURUS. 



Testaceus, subrobustus ; caput nigro bifasciatum, vertice nigro 

 maculato ; antenna ferruginece, subannulata, thorace vix bre- 

 viores ; thorax piceo sexvittatus ; abdomen piceum ; pedes 

 validi, tarsis apice nigris ; alee hyalines, angustce, apicefusco 

 notatce, posticce striga subapicali fusca. 



Testaceous, rather stout : head with a black band before and 

 another behind the base of the antenna ; vertex with two bands of 

 black spots : palpi testaceous, not long : antenna? ferruginous, sub- 

 clavate, nearly as long as the thorax ; fore borders of the joints 



