444 MYRMELEONITES. 



legs ferruginous: wings limpid, rather short and narrow; stigma 

 blackish, its veins generally simple ; veins black ; hind border 

 ciliated with black hairs at the base : fore-wings with the subcostal 

 region very slightly widening from the base to the stigma ; hind 

 border near the base with a long and very narrow dilatation between 

 two shallow and broad excavations : hind-wings narrower (except in 

 the dilated part) and shorter than the fore-wings ; hind border 

 deeply excavated by the base and as much dilated before one-third 

 of the length ; subcostal region very slightly decreasing in breadth 

 from near the base to the stigma. Length of the body 12 lines ; 

 of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



66. ASCALAPHUS INTEMPESTIVUS. 



Fuscus,fusco-hirtus ; caput ferruginewn, antice nigrum ; antenna 

 ferruyinece, gracillimce, basi pilosce, clava nigra apice sub- 

 testacea ; thorax ferrugineo vittatus ; pectus cano-hirtum ; 

 abdomen nigro-cinereum ; pedes ferruginei ; alee limpidce, an- 

 pustce, maryine poslico in anticis anguste dilatato in posticis 

 late excavato, stigmate fusco. 



Dark brown, clothed with paler brown hairs : head ferruginous, 

 very thickly clothed, black in front: antennae ferruginous, very 

 slender, hairy at the base, a little longer than the wings; club black, 

 slightly testaceous towards the tip : thorax with a ferruginous stripe, 

 with a hoary tinge and clothed with hoary hairs beneath ; abdomen 

 grayish black, slender, shorter than the hind-wings : legs ferrugi- 

 nous : wings limpid, narrow ; stigma dark brown, rather small, with 

 four veins : fore-wings with a slender, conical dilatation on the hind 

 border near the base ; subcostal region increasing in breadth from 

 the base to the stigma: hind- wings much narrower and shorter 

 than the fore-wings, with a long and very shallow excavation on the 

 hind border towards the base; subcostal region slightly widening 

 from the base to less than half the length, more slightly decreasing 

 in breadth from thence to the stigma. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; 

 of the wings 25 lines. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



