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Venation and form of wing unlike any of the Psocinaa (see 

 figure i) ; one six-sided discal cell present, bounded by six cells 

 which are contiguous to it. Wings non-functional as to flight. 

 All the legs long but hind legs especially elongate, fitted for 

 jumping; the hind tibiae very long, twice as long as others. 

 Larva and nymph with only two tarsal joints, adult with three. 

 First tar.sal joint very elongate, others subequal and very 

 short. Coxae all elongate but especially so the hind coxae, 

 which are much larger and longer than the others. (The hind 

 coxae seem to fit into an elongate vertical pleural furrow.) 

 Tibiae and tarsi spined, femora with only fine hairs. Jumps 

 like the Collembola. 



Type, the following new genus : 



Vulturops gen. nov. 



Face in profile like a vulture's beak with large fleshy pro- 

 tuberance at base; this appearance is due to the large, wide, 

 rounded, convex facial tubercle, which is present as well in 

 both larva and nymph. Crown of the head with long bristly 

 hairs, covering also upper portion of facial tubercle. Eyes 



FIG. 2. Mandible. Fig. 3. Maxillary fork 



Vulturops termitorum n. sp. (Greatly enlarged.) 



