452 MYRMELEONITES. 



79. ASCALAPHUS CONTRARIUS. 



Piceus, gracilis, fusco-hirtus ; caput apud antennas nigro-hirtum, 

 facie jftaw; antenna ferruginea, clava nigra subtus albida; 

 thorax maculis duabus fasciaque antica flams ; pectus flavo 

 bifasdatum ; abdomen gracile, flavo guttatum et strigatum et 

 apice maculatum; pedes fulvi, subtus testacei, tarsis nigris 

 apice ferrugineis ; alee limpida, longissima, apice fusca, stig- 

 mate albido, antica ad costamfusca. 



Pitchy, slender, clothed with brown hairs : head with black 

 hairs about the base of the antenna? ; face yellow : antennae ferrugi- 

 nous, much shorter than the wings ; club black, whitish beneath : 

 thorax with a yellow spot on each shoulder and a yellow band in 

 front ; underside with two oblique yellow bands on each side : ab- 

 domen slender, much shorter than the wings, with some yellow dots 

 and oblique streaks on each side, and with a yellow spot at the tip : 

 legs tawny, testaceous beneath ; tarsi black, with ferruginous tips : 

 wings limpid, very long ; tips brown, especially in the hind-wings ; 

 stigma whitish, with whitish veins ; veins black : fore-wings with 

 the subcostal region brown, very slightly widening from the base to 

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

 fore-wings ; subcostal region slightly decreasing in breadth from 

 near the base to near the stigma, where it again slightly widens. 

 Length of the body 17 lines ; of the wings 52 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



80. ASCALAPHUS ALBISTIGMA. 



Ferrugineus, fusco-hirtus ; antenna fulva, breves, clava nigra sub- 

 tus testacea ; pectus vittis duabus notisque discaiibus testaceis ; 

 abdomen piceum, subtus basi testaceum ; pedes ferruginei, 

 tibiis testaceis, tarsis nigris ; alee sublurida, longa, sat lata, 

 stigmate albo, antica ad costamfusca. 



Ferruginous, clothed with brown hairs : antennae tawny, short, 

 less than half the length of the wings ; club black, testaceous be- 

 neath : thorax beneath with a broad testaceous stripe on each side 

 and some testaceous marks in the disk: abdomen pitchy, testaceous 

 beneath at the base : legs ferruginous ; tibiae testaceous ; tarsi black : 

 wings with a very slight lurid tinge, long, rather broad, pale brown 

 for full one-fourth of the length from the tips ; stigma white, large, 



