448 MYftMELEONltES. 



Testaceous-brown, clothed with brown hairs : head clothed with 

 blackish and hoary hairs, testaceous and clothed with testaceous 

 hairs in front: antennae black, tawny towards the base, very slender, 

 very much shorter than the wings ; club testaceous beneath : thorax 

 testaceous beneath with black spots : abdomen testaceous with some 

 pitchy marks : legs testaceous ; tarsi black : wings limpid, long ; 

 stigma brown, comprising four veins which generally are all forked ; 

 veins black ; subcostal region almost equal in breadth from the base 

 to the stigma : hind-wings shorter but not narrower than the fore- 

 wings ; hind border slightly convex towards the base. Length of 

 the wings 40 lines. 



a. Brazil. 



73. ASCALAPHUS INIQUUS. 



Fuscus,fusco nigroque hirtus ; caput anticealbido-testaceum,fulvo- 

 pilosum ; antennas nigrce ; pectus flavum, albo-hirtum, piceo 

 notatum ; abdomen gracillimum, supra ferrugineum nigro 

 guttatum, subtus testaceum, apice piceum ; pedesflavi, piceo 

 strigati, tarsis piceis ; alee limpidce, posticce basi anticis 

 latiores. 



Brown, clothed with black and brown hairs : head whitish tes- 

 taceous and clothed with tawny hairs in front : antennae black, very 

 slender, much shorter than the wings : thorax beneath pale yellow 

 with some pitchy marks, thinly clothed with white hairs : abdomen 

 very slender, as long as the hind-wings, ferruginous with two or 

 three black dots on each side above, testaceous beneath, pitchy to- 

 wards the tip : legs yellow, with pitchy streaks ; tarsi pitchy : wings 

 limpid ; stigma dark brown, comprising four veins ; subcostal region 

 slightly, and in the fore-wings almost imperceptibly, decreasing in 

 breadth from near the base to the stigma : hind-wings much shorter 

 than the fore-wings, but towards the base much broader and with a 

 very convex hind border. Length of the body 17 lines; of the 

 wings 34 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



