MYRMELEONITES. 353 



88. MYRMELEON MORTIFEB. 



Cinereo-ferrugineuS) gracilis ; caput antice et subtus testaceum, 

 vertice niyro trifasciato ; palpi testacei, labiates articulo So 

 nigro ; thorax nigro varius ; abdomen vittis duabus margini- 

 busque posticis testaceis ; pedes testacei, validi, femoribus 

 tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris, tibiis nigro cinctis, tarsis an- 

 ticis testaceo cinctis ; alee limpida, apice angulatce, antica nigro 

 strigatce et notatce. 



Grayish ferruginous, slender : head testaceous in front and be- 

 neath, with a black spot at the base of each antenna, and with 

 three black bands on the vertex, the hinder bands irregular and 

 composed of black dots : palpi testaceous; third joint of the labial 

 palpi mostly black : antennae mutilated, testaceous at the base : 

 prothorax linear, with a transverse furrow near the front, a little 

 broader than long, with six interrupted irregular black stripes which 

 are continued as spots on the meso- and metathorax : abdomen 

 shorter than the wings, with a testaceous stripe on each side along 

 two-thirds of the length from the base ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments testaceous : legs testaceous, stout ; femora and tibiae with 

 black ti|)s, and the latter with a black band ; tarsi black; fifth joint 

 of the fore-tarsi pale testaceous with a black band ; spurs and claws 

 ferruginous : wings limpid, lanceolate, with angular and pointed 

 tips; stigma white, with a very small adjoining brown spot in the 

 fore-wings ; veins alternately black and white ; subcostal areolets 

 simple, very short at the base, generally without forked veins from 

 thence to the stigma ; marginal region rather broad towards the 

 tips : fore-wings with some black dots along the radius and the cu- 

 bitus, an oblique black streak near the tip of the post-costa, and 

 with another on the gradate veinlets near the tip where the forks 

 of the marginal veinlets are very slightly clouded: hind-wings 

 without marks, shorter, more lanceolate and much narrower than 

 the fore-wings. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 34 

 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



