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of second fork parallel with radius, cells of normal form, the marginal 

 cells not greatly different in size. 



Legs short, anterior and middle tibiae simple, posterior tibiae not dentate 

 at base, but dilated at apex and produced near the outer (posterior) apical 

 angle into a stout mucro ; anterior and middle tarsi with the first joint 

 short, simple, and much longer than the claw joint, posterior tarsi with 

 the first joint as long as the claw joint and dilated beneath into a broad, 

 flattened, membranous cushion-like disk; metasternal epimera very large ; 

 as long as wide, without spiniform processes. 



Sixth ventral segment of the male broadly divided for the reception of 

 the genital segment, genital plate and forceps without lateral appendages, 

 genital segment of the female not beak-shaped, the outer valves consist 

 ing of two short plates. 



Sfondyliaspis eucalyfltiDobson ( ?) General color greenish orocherous- 

 yellow, frontal processes often roseate except at base and tip, sides of 

 vertex and pronotum light brownish or roseate, dorsulum with a pale 

 median line and often margined with brown or black; abdomen above 

 usually blackish, the segments margined behind with green, or red, or 

 yellow, underside pale yellow or greenish, side pieces of mesonotum 

 bordered with black, upper edge of fore and middle femora often 

 brownish. 



Head porrect or very little inclined, truncate behind; vertex along the 

 median line much longer than on the sides, and also much longer than 

 half its width at base, sides parallel between the eyes, then angulated and 

 gradually narrowing and triangularly produced, front edge rather acute, 

 discal impressions very conspicuous and of dark color, frontal processes 

 abruptedly depressed below the level of the vertex and a little more in 

 clined, slightly longer than the vertex along its median line, cylindrical, 

 not divergent but not contiguous, hairy; tempora visible behind the eyes 

 and forming a distinct angle with the hind margin of the head; antennae 

 reaching to the end of the body, 3rd joint one-third longer than the 4th, 

 joints 4-8 slender, very slightly decreasing in length, joints 9 and 10 to 

 gether a little shorter than the 8th; clypeus knob-shaped, beak hardly 

 projecting above the coxae. 



Pronotum a little more than half the length of the vertex and about as 

 long as the dorsulum, very little convex transversally, often with a fine 

 median line ; dorsulum twice wider than long, its front margin overlapped 

 by the dorsulum, color very variable but apparently never with decided 

 darker markings. 



Fore-wings hyaline or slightly whitish, veins fine, brownish, basal and 

 discoidal parts of subcosta piceous and much stronger than the other 

 veins; pterostigma very long, closed, tolerably wide at base; radius par 

 allel with costa except near its terminus, very slightly and evenly arched ; 

 stem of second fork parallel with radius and forming no angle with the 

 fourth furcal ; stem of first fork more than twice shorter than that of sec 

 ond fork, and slightly longer than the cubitus ; first furcal slightly shorter 



