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ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY.
Asealaphus brown, the face densely clothed with grey liau-s, the mouth rather fulyous ; head behind fulvous,
varied with hrown marks ; abdomen above fulvous, wdtli a slender dorsal black streak ; antenna: brown, the tip
dilated and subtriangular, the wings with comparatively few veins, pellucid and hyaline, the stigma small and palebrowu,
legs fulvous, die base of the thighs dark coloured.
Expansion of the fore wings inch. Inhabits the East Indies. In the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq.
F I G U R E 4.
MYRMELEON SINGULARE. M'ESTW.
SI}Tmeleou albidum brunneo fuscoque variegatimi, capite parvo, fuseo irrorato ; antennis sensim inerassatis,
collaa'i elongato, postice fuseo macnlato, thoracis dorso fuseo maculate, maculis duabus obscurioribus inter basin
alarum posticarum ; abdominis segmentis albido oblique vittatis ; pedibus albidis, calcaribus elongatis cnrvatis ;
alls elongatis anticis apice dilatatis subfalcatis ; posticis apiee acutis j omnibus brimneo-fusco maculatis ; alis in
fcemina nitidissimis.
JI^iTuelon buff-colom'ed, vai'ied with brunueous and bro^Ti; the head small and marked with numerous minute
brown dots ; the antennce gradually tliickened ; the collar elongated, marked near the liind margin with brow'u
spots, the back of the thorax spotted with brown, with two dai-ker spots between the base of the liind wings ;
segments of the abdomen obliquely streaked wdth pale buff lines, legs pale buff, spm's elongated and ciu'ved ; wmgs
elongated, the fore wungs dilated at the apex and subfaleate ; the hind ones acute at the tips, all spotted witli
brunneous brown. Wiugs in the female very glossy.
Expansion of the fore wiugs 4 mches. Inhabits the East Indies. In the Collections of the Linusean Society and
Capt. Boys.
F I G U R E 5.
CHAULIODES SUBFASCIATUS. WESXW.
Cliauliodes nigricans ore fulvo, antemiis peetinatis nigricantibus, alis obsem'e hyahnis basi extreme fulvis, anticis
dimidio basaU maculis rotundatis, time fascia ohhqua suhmediana, macuhs nomiuUis rotnndatis eomiexa, apiceque
fuscescentibns, alis posticis fascia ohhqua media apiceque etiam fuscescentibus.
ChauHodes blackish, with the mouth fulvous ; the antennae pectinated and blackish, the wings obsciu'ely
transpai-ent, tlie extreme base fulvous, the basal half of the fore wiugs marked with a number of round dusky spots,
followed by an oblique fascia nearly across the middle of the wing connected with several adjacent dusky spots, the
apex also dusky ; hind wings with an oblique central fascia, and the apex also dusky.
Expansion of the fore wings If inch. Inhabits SyUiet. In the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq.
Observatiox.—The other Eastern species allied to the genus here rexiresented are, Chauliodes
(Hermes) maculipennis Gray in Griff. A. King. pi. 72, fig. 1, from India; Nenromns (Hermes)
testaceus Eamhttr, PI. 10, fig. I, from Java; and Neuromus ruficoUis Kamb. from Batavia.
F I G U R E 6.
NEJIOPTERA FILIPENNIS. WESTW.
Xemoptera snbfulva antennis fnscis, alis anticis hyalinis stigmate fuseo, alis posticis longissimis filiformibus
dimidio basali fuseo, apiee albo.
Nemoptera didl fulvous-eolotu-ed, antennse broivn, fore wings hyaline iridescent, -svith a pale brown stigma, hind
wings very long, thread-like, the basal half brown, the exti'emity white.
Expansion of the fore wings nearly 1 inch. Length of the liind wings inch.
Inliabits Central India. In the Collections of Col. Hearsey and Mr. Hope.
F I G U R E 7.
MANTISPA NODOSA. WESTW.
Jlantispa nigi'a, capite antennis prothorace et pedibus anticis feiTugineis, abdominis dorso in medio obscure
fulvo, ahs subhyalinis dimidio eostah fulvo, basi fnsco strigaque obliqua ante medium fuseo, in posticis fere ol)literatis j
prothorace brevi nodoso, antennis 48-articulatis.
iMantispa obscure black ; the head, antennaa, prothorax, and fore legs feri-uginous ; the back of the abdomen in tlie
middle obscurely fulvous ; the wings somewhat hyaline, the costal half fulvous, the base brown and with an oblique
band of the same colour before the middle of the wing, which is nearly obliterated iu the hind wings ; prothorax
short and nodose, antennae with 48 joints.
Expansion of the fore wings nearly 2 inches. Inliabits Assam. Dr. Cantor. In Mus. Hope.
The plant represented in Plate 34 is the Orchidaceous Geodorum fucatum from Ceylon.
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