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70. MYRMELEON VESANUS. 



Testaceus ; capitis vertex nigro quinquemaculatus ; palpi albi- 

 cantes ; antenna lutece, piceo annulatce ; pro thorax linearis, 

 latior quam longior^ferrugineo quadrivittatus ; mesothorax et 

 metathorax ferruginei, testaceo quinquevittati ; abdomen piceo 

 univittatum ; alee limpidce, latce, apicefusco notata. 



Very nearly allied to M. verendus. Testaceous : head pale 

 yellow towards the mouth; vertex with five black spots: palpi 

 whitish: antennae luteous ; hind borders of the joints with pitchy 

 bands along two-thirds of the length from the base : prothorax 

 linear, broader than long, with four ferruginous stripes, the outer 

 pair shortened in front and very slight ; a ferruginous dot on each 

 side of the hind border between them and the inner pair : meso- 

 thorax and metathorax dark ferruginous with five slender testaceous 

 stripes : abdomen nearly as long as the wings, with a pitchy dorsal 

 stripe; underside pitchy: legs pale testaceous: wings limpid, 

 broad ; stigma rosy, indistinct, especially in the hind-wings ; veins 

 whitish with black bands ; subcostal areolets simple from the base 

 to the stigma ; one or two of their veins forked before the stigma ; 

 tip of the radius and of the anterior fork of the sector and outer 

 side of the last quadrate areolet by the cubitus clouded with dark 

 brown ; forks of the marginal veinlets from the stigma to the tips 

 and along the hind border clouded with pale brown : hind-wings 

 narrower but not shorter than the fore-wings ; forks of the marginal 

 veinlets clouded with pale brown at the base from the stigma to the 

 tip of the wing and along the adjoining part of the hind border. 

 Length of the body 17 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



71. MYRMELEON MINAX. 



Ferrugineus^fiavo trivittatm ; caput testaceo varium, anticeflavum ; 

 palpi albidi ; antenna picece, annulatce, thorace paullo bre- 

 viores ; prothorax antice angustior, non longior quam latior ; 

 thoracis segmenta flavo marginata ; abdomen piceum, fulvo 

 bivittatwn, apice flavum ; pedes testacei ; alee hyalines, sat 

 lata, subacuminatce, apicefusco notatce. 



Very nearly allied to M. verendus and vesanus. Dark ferrugi- 

 nous : head pale yellow in front ; vertex with a testaceous band ; 



