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

 body 11 12 lines; of the wings 24 26 lines. 



a, b. Turkey. Presented by Loftus, Esq. 



156. MYRMELEON PREDATOR. 



y gracillimus ; caput testaceum, nigro maculatum ; antennae 

 testaceo annulatce, thorace breviores ; prothorax testaceo quad- 

 rivittatus ; thoracis et abdominis segmenta testaceo marginata ; 

 pedes albidi, graciles, nigro notati, postici longi ; alee lim- 

 pidce, sat breves, subacuminatce. 



Pitchy, very slender: head dark testaceous, black about the 

 base of the antennae and on the disk of the face, and with a band 

 of four black spots on the vertex: antennae pitchy, subclavate, 

 shorter than the thorax, with a testaceous band on the fore border 

 of each joint: prothorax broader than long, a little narrower in 

 front, with four testaceous stripes : segments of the mesothorax and 

 of the metathorax with ^slightly testaceous borders: abdomen a 

 little shorter than the wings ; hind-borders of the segments pale 

 testaceous : legs whitish, slender, with a few blackish marks which 

 are most prevalent on the fore-legs ; hind-legs long: wings limpid, 

 rather short, slightly pointed : fore-wings moderately broad ; stigma 

 whitish, very indistinct; veins white, with a few black bands, thickly 

 ciliated towards the tips of the wings which appear grayish ; veins 

 and areolets comparatively few ; sector with no forks, and not run- 

 ning parallel to the radius, but descending to the disk like the fol- 

 lowing forks which proceed immediately and successively from the 

 radius ; subcostal areolets simple, their veins not forked between 

 the base and the stigma : hind-wings shorter and much narrower 

 than the fore-wings ; no stigma ; veins all white with the exception 

 of a few black bands on the subcosta and on the radius. Length 

 of the body 8^ lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



