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PLATE XXXIV.
{ORDER—NBTJROPTBRA. SECTION—SUBNECBOMOBPIIOTICA. WBSTW, SRA-SECTios—PLANIPENNES.)
F I G U R E 1.
ASCALAPHUS (OGCOGASTER) TESSELLATUS. WESTW.
Ascalaplius niger, facie fusca; antennis fulvis apice magno pyi'iformi nigro, ociilorum parte supera infei'à multo
majori, capite pone oculos fulvo, collare fascia tenui, mesonoto maculis 5, metanoto 3 transversis, fiavis ; abdomine
iiigro dilatato, dorso serie macidarum, lateribusque versus basin et apicem maculis flavis ; alis subfulvescentibus
stigmate nigro, venis versus basin fusco tinctis maculacpe parva discoidali fusca notatis, abdomine ut videtui' band
appendiculato.
Ascalaplms black witli the face b r ow, slightly hii-snte, antennae fulvous, the apex lai-ge, black, and pear-shaped,
the upper division of the eyes much larger than the lower, head yellow behind the eyes, the collar with a short,
transverse line ; mesonotum with five spots, metanotum with tln-ee, all yellow ; abdomen black, much dilated, the
back with a series of diamond-shaped spots (separated by thhi transverse Imes), and the sides at the base and apex
spotted with yellow ; wings sUghtly fidvous-bromi, the stigma black, the veins near the base stained with brown,
and with a small brown discoidal spot, the abdomen apparently without anal appendages.
Expansion of the fore wings 2J mches. Inhabits the East Indies. In the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq.
F I G U R E 2.
ASCALAPHUS (OGCOGASTER) SEGMENTATOR. WESTW.
Ascalaphug flavus oculis antennisque fuscis harum apice fere rotundato, facie vix pilosa ; thorace supra hneis
longitudinahbus et transversis nigris notato ; abdominis segmentis dorso fascia tenui basali alteraque subapicaU
latiori nigTis, lateribus dilatatis nigi-o striatis ; pedibus fulvis tai-sis fuscis ; aHs subflavescentibus stigmate lineaque
subcostah, basique flavis, venis transversis costahbus subcostahbus et basalibus fusco tinctis.
^ Ascalaplms yellow, the eyes and antennfe brown, the tips of the latter black .and nearly round, face scai'cely
pilose, upper side of the thorax with slender longitudinal and transverse black Imes, dorsal segments of the abdomen
marked with a slender basiil and a broader subapical transverse black sti-oke ; the sides dilated, and transversely
striped with black ; legs fulvous, tarsi brown ; wings slightly yellowish, with the stigma, a subcostal hne and the
base yellow, the costal and subcostal transverse veins, and those at the base of the wings, tinged with brown.
Expansion of the fore wmgs, 3 mches. Inhabits the East Indies. In the CoUection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., and
my own.
F I G U R E 3.
ASCALAPHUS (BUBO) CANIFRONS. WESTW.
Ascalaphus fuscus, facie dense cano-hirtus, ore subfulvo, capite postico fulvo fusco-variegato, thorace etiam fulvo
vario ; abdomine supra fulvo vitta tenui dorsali nigra, antennis fuscis apice dilatato subtriangulari ; .ahs parum
venosis pellucidis hyahuis stigmate pai'vo subfusco, pedibus fulvis basi femorum obscm-o.
* As the only Eastern species of Ascalaphus hitherto described is the A. javanus from Java, the following descriptions of several
new Indian species are here introduced ;—
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scutelli
postico ^ ^ — pu&nuia uieviuus ; aus suoiusco-nyaimis, Dai
stigmate nigro, posticig pone stigma fusco magis tinctis, anticis prope basin marginis postici, dente parvo instructis.
Expansion of the fore wings 3 inches. Inhabits the East Indies. Col. Hearsey.
ASCALAPHUS (Ogcogastcr ?) angulatus, Westw. Niger capite pone oculos luteo, antennis valde elongatis pallide fuscis apice nigricautibus,
facie, ore, pedibusqne nigris, thoracis dorse flavo lateribus antice nigris, mesoscuteUo vittis duabns obhquis nigris, abdominis dorso
fulvo segmentis ante apiccm fascia tenui nigi-.a, mai-gine postico pallidis, apice obscuriori ; ahs subhyalmis stigmate fusco ; basi extreme
subfulvis ; anticis prope basin marginis postici angulatis.
Expansion of the fore wings 3 inches. Inhabits Assam. Major Jenkins.
ASCALAPHUS (H.aploglenius) obscurus. Fusco-niger, oculis brmmeis antennis apice palhdis, thoracis dorse concolori obscm-o
abdomuns segmentis 2 et 3 strigis duabus obliquis velutiuo-nigris ; alis subparallelis subangustis hyalinis venis stigmateque ni-i'icantibus
; anticis versus basin margmis postici vix angulatis, mai-gine ipso anguli param incrassato, unguibus tarsorum longioribus
curvatis. °
Expausion of the fore wings 2} inches. Inhabits the East Indies. Col. Hearsey.
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