ACANTHOMERID.^. 



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of Pantophthalmus tabaninus Thunberg leave no doubt 

 of the form to which they apply, and the description was 

 published two years earlier than that of Acanthomera, and 

 was quoted by Wiedemann. Possibly Wiedemann thought 

 the name inappropriate, but, to say the least, it is no 

 more inappropriate than his Acanthomera, in which the 

 'spiny femora' may be only an individual character, cer- 

 tainly not generic. 



The relationships of the family are very close indeed 

 to the Stratiomyidse, and the families might, very prop- 

 erly, be united. 



