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43. ASCALAPHUS ACCUSANS. 



Piceus ; caput supra testaceum, apud antennas nigro-hirtum ; 

 antenna ferruginecB) longce, clava nigra ; thorax supra flavus^ 

 nigro varius, subtus flavo fasciatum ,- abdomen luteo vittatum, 

 lateribus subferrugineis ; pedes nigri ; alee hyalince, longa, 

 sat latte, stigmate magno fusco. 



Pitchy: head testaceous above, clothed with black hairs about 

 the base of the antennae : antennae ferruginous, long, slender, shorter 

 than the wings ; club black: thorax yellow above, clothed with black 

 hairs on each side in front : prothorax with a black band : mesotho- 

 rax with a black oblique stripe on each side ; under side with a 

 short slightly oblique yellow band on each side extending to the 

 base of the fore-wing : abdomen long, shorter than the wings, with 

 a luteous dorsal stripe, slightly ferruginous along each side: legs 

 black : wings hyaline, long, rather broad ; stigma dark brown, large, 

 comprising six veins ; veins black ; subcostal region slightly de- 

 creasing in breadth from near the base to the middle of the wing, 

 and increasing from thence to the stigma ; hind-wings shorter and 

 narrower than the fore-wings. Length of the body 16 lines > of the 

 wings 38 lines. 



a. Silhet. From the Kev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



44. ASCALAPHUS SUBJACENS. 



Fuscus, fusco-hirtus ; caput ferrugineum, apud antennas nigro- 

 hirtum, vertice testaceo ; antenna nigrce, longissima ; thorax 

 vitta dorsali flava ; pectus flavo fasciatum ; abdomen flavo 

 mttatum; pedes ferruginei ; alee long ce, limpidce. 



Brown, clothed with brown hairs ; head ferruginous, clothed 

 with black hairs about the base of the antennae ; vertex testaceous: 

 antennae black, slender, very long, a little shorter than the wings : 

 thorax with a broad yellow dorsal stripe, widest on the scutellum 

 where it contains an oblique pale brown streak on each side ; some 

 yellow marks on each side of it about the base of the wings ; under 

 side with a broad yellow band between the fore-wings : abdomen 

 shorter than the wings, with a narrow yellow dorsal stripe which 

 tapers from the base to the tip : legs ferruginous : wings limpid, 

 long ; stigma brown, comprising six veins ; subcostal region slightly 

 decreasing in breadth from near the base to half the length of the 



