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club oblong, black; thorax with the dorsum fuscous, beneath with 

 white pile ; feet brown-black, the tibiae exteriorly spotted with 

 luteous; abdomen brownish-cinereous, the base with white villosity, 

 each side with an oblique black streak; wings hyaline, veins black, 

 the costa luteous; pterostigma yellow; the hind wings with three 

 apical, fuscous clouds. 



Alar expanse 60 millim. Length of the antennae 2*7 millim. 



Hab. New York; Baltimore. 



4. A. limbatus ! 



Ascalaphus limbatus Burm.! Handb. II, 1001, 8; Walk. Catal. 436, 53. 



Allied to A. avunculus, but differs by having shorter antennae, 

 the club smaller ; the apex of the posterior wings, and the poste- 

 rior margin of the wings clouded with fuscous. 



Alar expanse 50 millim. Length of the antennae 22 millim. 



Hab. North America? Jamaica (Gosse). 



Ascalaphus surinamensis Walk. Catal. 439, 51, is this species; 

 but the description and synonymy does not belong to it. 



5. A. subiratus. 



Ascalaphus subiratus Walk. Catal. 439, 58. 



Black, with black hair ; antennae fulvous, the incisures black, 

 the club black, testaceous beneath ; thorax striped with testaceous ; 

 feet piceous; abdomen short; wings hyaline, apex of the anterior 

 ones subfuscescent, base of the posterior oues blackish-fuscous, 

 with four oblique abbreviated fuscous bands posteriorly. (From 

 the description of Walker.) 



Alar expanse 58 millim. 



Hab. Honduras, Guatemala. 



* * Eyes entire. 



6. A. albistigma! 



Ascalaphus albistigma Walk.! Catal. 452, 80. 



Ferruginous, with fuscous hairs; face luteous; antennae luteous, 

 the club fuscous, yellow beneath ; thorax fulvous, anteriorly fus- 

 cous ; the sides fuscous, spotted with yellow, an obscure cinereous 

 stripe above ; feet yellow, tarsi black ; abdomen long, fuscous ; 

 wings hyaline, the apex fuscescent, pterostigma large, white; an- 



