MYRMELEONITES. 375 



moderately broad, slightly pointed ; no stigma ; veins testaceous, 

 very slender, ciliated ; subcostal areolets divided by veinlets beyond 

 the middle, their veins forked from thence to the stigma : hind-wings 

 a little longer and narrower than the fore-wings. The origin of the 

 first sector of the radius in this species is variable, in some cases it 

 springs distinctly from the radius by the eighth subradial areolet ; 

 in others it appears to commence at half the distance between the 

 radius and the second sector. Length of the body 13 14 lines ; 

 of the wings 2830 lines. 



a 5. Port Natal. From M . Gueinzius' collection, 

 c e. Port Natal. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



131. MYRMELEON SECRETUS. 



y gracilis ; caput nigrum, verticefulvo nigro maculato, facie 

 fulvaflavo fasciata ; palpi testacei, labiales apice picei ; an- 

 tennce nigro-picecB^ thorace breviores, ferrugineo vittatce ; pro- 

 thorax fulvo bivittatus, multo latior quam longior ; abdomen 

 fulvo maculatum ; pedes nigro -testacei ; alee limpida, angusta, 

 vix acuminata. 



Pitchy, slender : head black, flat above the base of the antennae, 

 very shining below ; vertex tawny, with six black spots in two bands ; 

 face tawny, with a pale yellow band ; a yellow circle round each eye : 

 palpi testaceous ; labial palpi much longer than the maxillary palpi ; 

 third joint pitchy: antennae pitchy, black, clavate, shorter than the 

 thorax, with a ferruginous stripe from the base to the club : pro- 

 thorax linear, much broader than long, with two tawny interrupted 

 stripes which are widened on the fore border and extend along the 

 sides of the first division of the prothorax : mesothorax and meta- 

 thorax with testaceous hind borders : abdomen shorter than the 

 wings, with six oblong, tawny, dorsal spots : anterior legs black ; 

 anterior femora and middle tibiae with testaceous streaks: hind-legs 

 testaceous; femora and tibiae with black streaks ; tarsi black, testa- 

 ceous at the base: wings limpid, narrow, hardly pointed ; stigma 

 whitish ; veins white, with black bands, ciliated ; transverse veinlets 

 with black dots ; subcostal areolets simple, their veins not forked 

 from the base to the stigma excepting the vein adjoining the latter : 

 hind-wings a little narrower and shorter than the fore-wings. Length 

 of the body 12^ lines ; of the wings 27 lines. 



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



