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127. MYEMELEON LEACHII. 



Fuscescens,flavido maculatus; oculis cupreis; pedibus brevibus pal- 

 lidis, tarsis simplicibus, unguiculis mediocribus ; alis hyalinis 

 subfalcatis immaculatis, venis ciliatis. 



Formicaleo Leachii, Lansdown Guilding, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 xvi. 49, 1. 



a, b. Jamaica. 



c. 



d,e. ? 



128. MYRMELEON TBISTIS. 



Flams ; caput nigro varium ; palpi apice niyri ; antennae nigrce ; 

 thorax nigro quadrivittatus ; abdomen fuscum ; pedes nigro 

 strigati ; alee latce, subacuminatce, subcinerec?, apice obscu- 

 riores, stigmate flavo. 



Yellow : front and face mostly black ; vertex with three black 

 spots ; a semicircular black spot towards the mouth : palpi with 

 black tips: antennae black, slender, subclavate, acuminate, much 

 shorter than the thorax : prothorax linear, much longer than broad, 

 with two black stripes above, and with two beneath, the latter pair 

 shortened in front: mesothorax and metathorax with four irregular 

 black stripes, the outer pair interrupted : abdomen brown, slender, 

 much shorter than the wings : legs yellow ; femora and tibiae with 

 black streaks : wings broad, very slightly pointed, very slightly gray, 

 a little darker about the stigma ; hind-wings shorter and narrower 

 than the fore-wings ; stigma yellow, distinct ; veins black ; subcostal 

 areolets divided by transverse veinlets from half the length of the 

 wing to the stigma ; their veins forked from a little beyond half the 

 length to the stigma. Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 

 36 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson. 

 b. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



2 K 



