MYRMELEONITES. 417 



Theleproctophylla australis, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 351. 



Syria. 



South Europe. 



Group 2. 

 Maris abdomen non appendiculatura. 



Puer, Lefebwe, Mag. Zool. 1842. Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 352. 



15. ASCALAPHUS MACULATUS. 



Niger ; fronte abdominisque cingulis albo-hirtis ; alis hyalinis, an- 

 ticis totis pelluci dis, posticis in apicefusco tessellatis. 



Ascalaphus maculatus, Oliv. Enc. MM. Ins. i. 246, 6. Ramb. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 352, pi. 9, f. 2. 

 Ascalaphus niger, Borkh. Scrib. Beytr. pi. 1 1, f. 2. Burm. Handb. 



Ent. ii. 1002, 13. 



a. Marseilles. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



Subsect. 2. 

 Oculorum divisio la 2ae sequalis ant paullo longior. 



Group 1. 



Tibiarum posticarum calcareis tarsorum articulum lum super- 

 antia. 



Bubo, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 353. 



Antennae somewhat variable in length ; club pyriform : spurs 

 of hind-tibiae shorter than the two first joints ; wings not perceptibly 

 widened behind ; reticulation large ; males of some with, of others 

 without, appendages. 



