420 MYRMELEONITES. 



22. ASCALAPHUS FLAVTPES. 



Flavo fuscoque varius ; antenna nigricantes, basi et ante clavam 

 flamcantes ; pedes flaw, tar sis obscurioribus ; alee immaculate? , 

 nigro reticulate, stigmateflavo. 



Ascalaphus flavipes, Leach, Zool. Miscell. i. 48, pi. 20. 

 Bubo flavipes, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 357, 7. 

 Subpalasca flavipes, Lefebvre, Mag. Zool. 1842. 



a, b. New Holland. 



The two preceding species belong to the last division ; the fol- 

 lowing twenty-eight species also form part of the subsection Bubo, 

 but are not included in its subdivisions. 



23. ASCALAPHUS VERSICOLOR. 



lutco maculatus ; antennis longissimis pallidis, segmentis 

 in apice nigris, ante clavam albidam infuscatis ; alisstigmate 

 fusco. 



Ascalaphus versicolor, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1000, 4. 

 Subpalasca versicolor, Lefebvre, Mag. Zool. 1842. 



Brazil. 



24. ASCALAPHUS TESSELLATUS. 



Niger; capitepone'oculosfulvo ; facie fusca; oculorum parte supera 

 in/era multo majori ; prothorace fascia tenui, mesothorace 

 maculis 5, metathorace 3 transversis, flams ; antennis fulvis 

 apice magno pyriformi nigro; abdomine nigro dilatato, dorso 

 serie macularum, lateribusque versus basim et apicem maculis 

 flavis; alis subfulvescentibus stigmate nigro, venis versus basim 

 fusco tinctis maculaque parva discali fusca notatis ; abdomine 

 ut videtur haud appendiculato. 



Ascalaphus (Ogcogaster) tessellatus, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. pi. 

 34,1. 



a, b. East Indies. From Mr. James' collection, 

 c, d. East Indies. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



