376 MYRMELEONITES. 



132. MYBMELEON IMPLEXUS. 



Testaceus, gracilis ; caput ferrugineo varium, facie palpisque 

 flaws ; antennae fulvce, thorace multo breviores, clava supra 

 ferruginea ; prothorax ferrugineo trivittatus ; mesothorax et 

 metathorax piceo maculati ; abdomen piceum, testaceo vittatum ; 

 pedesflavi; alee limpida, subangustce, perbreves, non acumi- 

 nates. 



Testaceous, slender : vertex with a ferruginous stripe on the 

 disk, and with two ferruginous spots on each side ; face and palpi 

 yellow : antennae tawny, clavate, much shorter than the thorax ; 

 club ferruginous above : prothorax linear, much broader than long, 

 with three interrupted ferruginous stripes : segments of the meso- 

 thorax and metathorax with pitchy spots on their disks : abdomen 

 pitchy, almost as long as the wings, with testaceous stripes widen- 

 ing from the tip towards the base, which they mostly occupy : legs 

 yellow : wings limpid, rather narrow, very short, not pointed ; stigma 

 white, with a small adjoining pale brown spot in each of the four 

 wings ; veins whitish, slightly ciliated ; subcostal areolets simple, 

 their veins not forked between the base and the stigma : hind-wings 

 narrower and shorter than the fore-wings. Length of the body 9 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



133. MTRMELEON EXITIALIS. 



Niger ; caput flavo varium ; thorax flavo submarginatus ; pro- 

 thorax antice angustior, multo latior quant longior, luteo sex- 

 maculatus ; abdominis segmentorum margines postici flavi ; 

 pedes flavo varii ; alee subcinerece, longee, angustce, subacumi- 

 natce, anticce fusco guttatce, stigmate flavo. 



Black: head luteous about the mouth, with a yellow spot on 

 each side between the eye and the mouth, with another at the base 

 of each antenna, and with a yellow dot between the antenna and 

 the eye; vertex with a luteous spot on each side and a yellow streak 

 by each eye: antennae clavate, much shorter than the thorax: pro- 

 thorax much narrower in front, much broader than long, with four 

 luteous spots forming a band in front and one on each side behind : 

 margins of the segments of the mesothorax and of the metathorax 

 partly yellow : abdomen much shorter than the wings ; hind borders 

 of the segments yellow : legs black ; femora partly yellow ; tarsi 



