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tennse nearly as long as the body, moderately pectinated in the <f, 

 minutely pectinated in the 9. Palpi equal to the front, filiform, 

 porrected, distinctly 3-jointed and with joints nearly equal ; termi- 

 nal joint obtuse. Tongue about one-half as long as the thorax 

 beneath. ^ 



Body short, rather slender, not metallic. Patagia very minute. 

 Abdomen as long as the thorax beneath, not tufted at the tip and 

 scarcely tufted along the sides, with a minute, lateral tubercle on 

 the basal segment. Legs extremely slender and rather short ; fore 

 tibite with a slender tibial spur from the middle ; hind tibiae with 

 two minute apical spurs. 



1. A. falsarius Clemens. 



Black. Prothorax fulvous, especially on the sides, with a point 

 on the median line black. Hind wings rather thin. 



Pennsylvania ; Illinois, from Mr. Kennicott. 



CLEMENS. 



AGLAOPE LATR. 



Wings extremely narrow. Hind wings ovate-lanceolate, nar- 

 rower than the fore wings ; length much less than that of the body ; 

 length of the fore wings somewhat more than that of the body. 

 The disk of fore wings closed by a very faint, irregular vein, with 

 two disco-central nervules; subcostal vein with a single marginal 







nervule from the posterior end of the disk and with the apical 

 branch trifid near the tip of the wing or bifid with a long fork. 

 Median vein 4-branched, with the posterior scarcely remote from 

 the penultimate. Fold of the wing thickened from the base to the 

 tip. Submedian with a short fork at the base of the wing. Hind 

 wings without costal nervure ; subcostal bifid, with an oblique 

 discal vein arising near the base of the lower branch, and angulated 

 above the medio-superior uervule, where it receives the discal fold. 

 Median vein 4-branched, with nervules nearly equidistant. 



Head rather small, free, smooth ; with large ocelli. Face 

 smooth, rounded, rather narrow. Eyes rather small, scarcely pro- 



