450 MVRMELEONITES. 



black, slender, with a testaceous stripe beneath, much shorter than 

 the wings : legs testaceous ; tibiae brown above ; tarsi black : wings 

 hyaline, long, broad, dark brown at the base ; stigma small, very 

 pale brown, comprising four veins, of which three are forked ; veins 

 black ; subcostal region with a lurid tinge, slightly, and in the fore- 

 wings almost imperceptibly, decreasing in breadth from near the 

 base to the stigma: hind-wings shorter than the fore-wings, but 

 broader near the base, where the hind border is very convex. 

 Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 34 lines, 

 a.- -? 



76. ASCALAPHUS AKENOSUS. 



Fuscus, fuscO'hirtus ; caput apud antennas nigro-hirtum, facie 

 ferruyinea; antennce nigrce, clava subtus albido-testacea ; tho- 

 rax disco dorsali pectorisque vittis duabus albido-testaceis j 

 pedes testacei, tarsis nigris ; ales limpidce, breviusculce. 



Brown, clothed with brown hairs : head clothed with black 

 hairs about the base of the antennae ; face ferruginous : antennae 

 black, very slender, much shorter than the wings ; club whitish tes- 

 taceous beneath ; disk of the thorax whitish testaceous ; underside 

 with two broad whitish testaceous stripes by the wings: abdomen a 

 little longer than the hind-wings, clothed on each side with whitish 

 down, whitish testaceous above along more than half the length 

 from the base : legs testaceous ; tarsi black : wings limpid, rather 

 short ; stigma pale brown, comprising five veins, of which two or 

 three are forked ; veins black ; subcostal region slightly, and espe- 

 cially so in the fore-wings, decreasing in breadth from near the base 

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

 fore-wings ; their greatest breadth at one-fourth of the length from 

 the base, where the hind border is most convex. Length of the 

 body 15 lines ; of the wings 27 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



77. ASCALAPHUS LUTEUS. 



Fuscus, fusco-hirtus ; caput apud antennas nigro-hirtum, facie 

 testacea; antennce picece, testaceo annulatce, clava nigra subtus 

 testacea ; abdomen nigrum, subtus basi testaceum ; pedes tes- 

 tacei, tarsis nigris ; alee longce, limpidce, basi fuscce, stigmate 

 flaw. 



