DASYPODA. 225 



length of the tongue, its inosculation acutely triangular; 

 maxillce hastate, as long as the tongue ; maxillary palpi 

 six-jointed, rather more than halt' the length of the 

 inaxiilse, slender, the basal joint the most robust, the 

 second the longest, the rest declining both in thickness 

 and length. THORAX oval, densely pubescent, the divi- 

 sions indistinct from its density ; scutellam lunulate ; 

 metathorax subtruncate ; ivlnys with two submarginal 

 cells and a third commenced, the second receiving both 

 the recurrent nervures, the first close to its commence- 

 ment and the second just beyond its centre ; legs slender, 

 pubescent, especially the tibiae and plantar, the hair upon 

 the posterior pair being extremely dense and long, and 

 each hair twisted minutely spirally ; their coxae, trochan- 

 ters, and femora also covered with long hair; claws 

 bifid, the inner tooth very short. ABDOMEN oval, the 

 basal and fifth segments densely hairy, the superior sur- 

 face glabrous and shining, excepting where the white 

 decumbent bands broadly edge the three intermediate 

 segments. 



The MALE differs in being more densely pubescent, 

 especially upon the abdomen, which is not glabrous, 

 and in not having the antennae geniculated ; the bands 

 of the abdomen are fulvous, and its legs are longer and 

 more slender, and it is sexually less hairy, although still 

 considerably so. 



NATIVE SPECIES. 



1. hirtipes, Fab., $ ? . 6-7 lines. (Plate V. fig. 3J ? .) 

 Swammerdamella, Kirby. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



This genus is named from the extreme hairiness of 

 its posterior legs, Sao-vs, hairy, TTOVS, iroZo^,Joot or leg. 



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