MYRMELEONITES. 429 



40, ASCALAPHUS NIMIUS. 



Fuscus, albido-hirtus ; caput testaceum, postice flavum, lateribus 

 anticis albido-flavis ; antenna ferruginea, testaceo annulate, 

 apicem versus intus denticulate, clava nigra subtus testacea ; 

 prothorax flavus ; mesothorax flavo biviltatus ; metathorax 

 univittatus ; abdomen ferrugineum, basi flavum ; pedes flaw, 

 tarsis nigris ; alee subfulvescentes, postica apud cubitus sub- 

 fuscescentes. 



Brown, clothed with whitish hairs: head testaceous, yellow 

 behind, whitish yellow on each side in front : antennae ferruginous, 

 shorter than the wings ; joints with testaceous bands, denticulate on 

 the inner side towards the tips ; club broad, mostly black above, 

 testaceous beneath : thorax beneath and prothorax yellow ; meso- 

 thorax with two interrupted yellow stripes : metathorax with one 

 yellow stripe : abdomen ferruginous, slender, yellow at the base, 

 shorter than the wings: appendages slightly curved, armed with 

 black spines : legs yellow ; tarsi black : wings with a very slight 

 tawny tinge which appears most on the hind-wings about the bor- 

 ders of the veins ; stigma brown, small, comprising four veins ; 

 veins black ; subcostal region decreasing in breadth from near the 

 base to half the length of the wing, parallel from thence to the 

 stigma: hind-wings most tinged with brown along the cubitus, 

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

 body 13 lines ; of the wings 29 lines. 



a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 



41. ASCALAPHUS INSIMULANS, 



Ferrugineus, fusco-hirtus ; caput postice testaceum, antice flavum 

 flavoque hirtum, vertice fusco ; antennce nigrce, basi ferrugi- 

 necB et verticillato pilosa, clava atra latissima ; thorax piceo 

 quadrimaculatus ; abdomen piceum, subtus ferrugineum ; 

 pedes testacei ; alee limpidce, breves, basi subflavescentes, stig- 

 mate nigricante, anticce margine postico basi excavato. 



Bright ferruginous, thinly clothed with brown hairs: head 

 testaceous behind, yellow and clothed with yellow hairs in front ; 

 vertex brown : antennae black, slender, ferruginous and verticillate 

 pilose towards the base, much shorter than the wings ; club deep 



