358 MYRMKLEONITES. 



in front, hardly longer than broad, with two ferruginous spots and a 

 ferruginous stripe on each side : mesothorax and metathorax ferru- 

 ginous on each side, and with ferruginous dots on the disks of their 

 segments : abdomen ferruginous, testaceous towards the base, much 

 shorter than the wings: legs testaceous: wings hyaline, pointed ; 

 stigma whitish, indistinct ; veins .white with black bands ; subcostal 

 areolets simple ; their veins not forked from the base to the stigma ; 

 gradate veinlets towards the tip of the wing, and forks of marginal 

 veinlets along the curve of the hind border clouded with pale 

 brown ; the middle part of the branches of some of the forks also 

 clouded : hind-wings marked like the fore-wings, but longer and 

 narrower, and more lanceolate towards the tips. Length of the 

 body 12 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



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



96. MYRMELEON ADVERSUS. 



FerrugineuSi gracilis ; caput subtus testaceum ; antennae thorace 

 paullo breviores , prothorax paullo longior quam latior ; ab- 

 domen piceum, basi et subtus ferrugineum ; pedes testacei, ro~ 

 busti ; alee limpidce, angustce, acuminatce. 



Ferruginous, slender : head testaceous towards the mouth and 

 beneath : antennae ferruginous, subclavate, a little shorter than the 

 thorax : prothorax hardly narrower in front, a little longer than 

 broad : abdomen slightly pitchy, ferruginous beneath and towards 

 the base, a little shorter than the wings : legs testaceous, stout : 

 wings limpid, narrow, pointed : stigma yellowish, indistinct ; veins 

 testaceous, slightly ciliated ; subcostal areolets simple, their veins 

 very short, not forked between the base and the stigma: hind-wings 

 narrower but hardly shorter than the fore-wings. Length of the 

 body 13 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



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



97. MYRMELEON BARBARUS. 



Testaceus, gracillimus, piceo varius ; antennae picece, graciles, an- 

 nulatce, thoracis longitudine ; abdomen piceum fasciis macu- 

 lisque testaceis ; pedes longi, graciles ; alee hyalince, longce, 

 angwtce, subacuminatce, apicefusco notatce. 



Testaceous, very slender : head pitchy about the base of the 

 antennae ; vertex with six pitchy spots ; hind part with two pitchy 



