MYRMELEONITES. 



the fore-wings, not marked; veins here and there wholly white. 

 Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



154. MYEMELEON ATEOX. 



Flavus ; capul ferrugineo varium ; antennce ferruginea ; thorax 

 nigro trivittatus ; prothorax linearis, latior quam longior ; 

 abdomen vitta dorsali dimidioque apicali nigris ; alee limpidce, 

 breviusculce, sat latce, non acuminates, stigrnate flaw. 

 Yellow : vertex with a ferruginous dorsal stripe, and on each 

 side with a spot and a dot of the same colour : antennae ferruginous, 

 clavate, longer than the thorax : prothorax linear, broader than long, 

 with three black stripes ; the pair shortened in front : mesothorax 

 and metathorax with three black stripes, the pair more interrupted 

 than the middle one : abdomen shorter than the wings, blackish 

 from the tip to the middle, and with a black stripe from thence to 

 the base : legs yellow : wings limpid, moderately broad, rather short, 

 not pointed ; stigma yellow, more indistinct in the hind-wings ; 

 veins yellow ; longitudinal veins with black bands ; subcostal areo- 

 lets simple, their veins not forked between the base of the wing and 

 the stigma ; hind-wings shorter and a little narrower than the fore- 

 wings. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Turkey. Presented by Loftus, Esq. 



155. MYBMELEON INEES. 



Testaceus, ferrugineo sexguttatus ; antennce ferruginea ; abdomen 

 piceum, basi testaceum ferrugineo vittatum ; alee limpidce, 

 breviusculce, sat latcc, non acuminate, stigmateflavo. 



Pale testaceous : vertex with two ferruginous dots : antennae 

 ferruginous, clavate, much shorter than the thorax : prothorax linear, 

 a little broader than long, with a ferruginous dot on the fore border 

 and one on each side of the disk : mesothorax with a ferruginous 

 dot on each side of the scutellum : abdomen pitchy, testaceous, and 

 with a ferruginous dorsal stripe towards the base : legs testaceous : 

 wings limpid, moderately broad, rather short, but not pointed ; stig- 

 ma pale yellow, indistinct; veins very pale testaceous; subcostal 

 veins with brown bands ; subcostal areolets simple, their veins not 

 forked between the base of the wing and the stigma : hind-wings 



