366 . MYBMELEONITES. 



not far from the hind border to which it is slightly oblique. Length 

 of the body 10? lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Gambia. Presented by Kendall, Esq. 



110. MYEMELEON ACERBUS. 



Flavus ; caput nigro varium ; antenna nigrce, apice subfulvce ; 

 prothorax multo longior quam latior, antice paullo angustior, 

 nigro quinquevittatus ; thorax nigro trivittatus ; abdomen 

 nigro univittatum ; alee limpidce, breviusculce, sat latce, non 

 acuminate, stigmateflavo. 



Yellow : head black about the base of the antennae ; vertex 

 with a black spot on each side ; hind part with a black dorsal stripe, 

 and a black dot on each side : palpi partly ferruginous towards their 

 tips: antenna? black, clavate, much shorter than the thorax; club 

 tawny on the outer side : prothorax a little narrower in front, very 

 much longer than broad, with five black stripes ; the inner pair 

 shorter than the outer pair, and not more than half the length of 

 the prothorax : mesothorax and metathorax with three interrupted 

 black stripes ; the lateral pair forked in front and united to the dor- 

 sal one : abdomen almost as long as the wings, with a black stripe 

 above and beneath ; tip blackish, that of the male with six black 

 ciliated appendages, which terminate in setae : abdomen of the fe- 

 male furnished towards the tip with two successive tufts of silky 

 testaceous hairs : legs yellow : wings limpid, moderately broad, 

 rather short, not pointed ; stigma yellow, indistinct in the hind- 

 wings ; veins black, with pale bands ; subcostal aieolets simple, their 

 veins not forked between the base of the wing and the stigma ; in 

 this species there is a sector which has its origin above the fifth fork 

 of the first sector, to which it is at once united : hind-wings shorter 

 and narrower than the fore- wings. Length of the body 12 14 

 lilies ; of the wings 26 28 lines. 



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



111. MYRMELEON MENDAX. 



Niger ; vertex flaw bimttatus et bifasciatus ; palpi flavo-ferru- 

 ginei ; antennae picece, thorace multo breviores, basi flavce ; 

 prothorax flavus, linearis, latlor quam longior, nigro quadri- 

 vittatus ; thoracis segmenta flavo macula ta et mar ginata ; ab- 

 dominis segmenta nigro terminata; pedes flam, tibiis, tarsisque 

 apice femoribusque apice piceis ; alee subhyalina, angustce, 

 vix acuminates. 



