MYRMELEONITES. 413 



Ascalaphus Italicus, Fair. Ent. Syst. ii. 95, 2. Schceff. Apterjung- 

 forchen, 4 ; Icon. Ins. Ratisb. pi. 50, f. 1,3. Oliv. Enc. MM . 

 iv. 245, 2. Charp. Hor. Ent. 57, pi. 2, f. 9. Ramb. Hist. Nat, 

 Ins. Neur. 346, 4, pi. 2, f. 3. Crochard, ed. Cuv. Rty. Anim. 

 pi. 103, f. 2. 



Myrmeleon barbarum, Petagna, Specim. Ins. Ult. Calabr. f. 22. 



a. South France. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



b. South France. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



c. Sicily. 



5. ASCALAPHUS PUPILLATUS. 



A. meridional! minor ; abdominis appendicibus superioribus plus 

 arcuatis ; caput magnum, facie et occipite rufo-cinereis ; tho- 

 racis margine postico guttisque quatuor flavis ; tibia fere 

 omninoflavce ; alee posticce minores, triente basati nigrae. 



Ascalaphus pupillatus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 346, 5, pi. 10, 

 f. 7. 



South Russia. 



6. ASCALAPHUS RHOMBOIDEUS. 



Niger ; capite nigro-villoso, facie fulva griseo-villosa ; alis anticis 

 hyalinis, fusco venosis, basi flaws, macula costali parva nigra, 

 et maculis aliquot minutis fuscis in areolis maculam basalem 

 flavam cingentibus ; alis posticis totis Jlavis, macula violaceo- 

 fusca cequali angusta in margine interiore, apice fusco-vio- 

 laceis, vitta angulari maculam flavam rhomboideam includente ; 

 pterostigmatibus nigris ; pedibus nigris, tibiis flavis ; appen- 

 dicibus abdominis superioribus forcipatis, inferioribus permi- 

 nutis. Long. 6^ lin. ; a lav. 18 lin. 



Ascalaphus rhomboideus, Schneider, Ent. Zeit. Stett. vi. (1845), 

 153, 29. 



Rhodes. 



7. ASCALAPHUS KOLYVANENSIS. 



Niger; thorace flavo guttato, fronte fulvo-hirto ; alis anticis flavo 

 venosis, macula duplici nigra, alter a ante basim flavam flavo 

 venosa ; posticis flavis, macula basali circuloque lato in apice 

 nigris. Var. Alarum colore sulphureo et lacteo. 



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