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143. MYRMELEON INFENSUS. 



Flavus, gracillimus ; caput nigro varium ; antenna nigrce, thorace 

 multo breviores ; thorax nigro maculatus et univittatus; abdo- 

 men piceum, basi testaceum ; alee lirnpidce, sublata, sat breves, 

 non acuminata. 



Yellow, very slender : head shining in front, black about the 

 base of the antenna, and with a black band above; vertex with a 

 black dorsal stripe and with some black spots on each side : antenna; 

 black, clavate, very much shorter than the thorax : prothorax nearly 

 cylindrical, a little narrower in front, much longer than broad, with 

 a black dorsal stripe, and with two black dots on each side ; under- 

 side with two black stripes : mesothorax and metathorax with a 

 black dorsal stripe, and with two rows of black spots on each side ; 

 underside with two interrupted black stripes on each side : abdomen 

 pitchy, pubescent, much longer than the wings, testaceous above 

 along half the length from the base : legs yellow ; claws reddish : 

 wings limpid, moderately broad, ratber short, not pointed ; stigma 

 whitish, indistinct ; veins white with black bands, ciliated ; sub- 

 costal areolets simple, their veins not forked from the base to the 

 stigma: hind-wings a little narrower and much shorter than the 

 fore- wings. Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 24 Hues. 



a. North India. From Mr. Slevens"collection. 



144. MYRMELEON DOLOSUS. 



Nigro-piceus, gracillimus; fades anticaflava; palpi ferruginei ; 

 antennce graciles, subfili formes, thorace longiores ; thorax flavo 

 bivittatus ; pedes graciles, femoribus testaceis apice nigris, 

 tibiis subtus testaceis ; ales limpidce, vix acuminates, stiymate 

 albo optime determinato. 



Pitchy, black, very slender : head with a yellow mark at the 

 base of each antenna ; face yellow towards the mouth : palpi ferru- 

 ginous : antennae black, slender, almost filiform, longer than the 

 thorax : thorax with a slight interrupted yellow stripe along each 

 side by the base of the wings : prothorax a little narrower in front, 

 convex and testaceous along the fore border, concave behind, rather 

 broader than long : abdomen shorter than the wings : legs black, 

 slender ; coxa? partly testaceous; femora testaceous with black tips ; 

 tibiae testaceous beneath: wings limpid, moderately long and broad, 

 hardly pointed, very iridescent ; stigma snowy white, very distinct ; 



