.Vl THK CANADIAN KNToM<»UX»IKT. 



R,., «.f the hind wings appi nr'ii iilatf ; i**». discal crils in ihc hind 

 wing. Hind ba^iiarsus sht»rttT ihan ihc fi»lowin>i jomis unittd ; the 

 hind tibiae longer than the lemura and iroch. inters ; claws with a short 

 inner tooth. 



Type, Prototaxonus lyp ens, Koh. 



Tlie following genera of Emphytime are closely related They all 

 have the hind basitarsus shorier than liie following joints united, the fir>t 

 transverse cubitus is always present, the free part of M, is always shorier 

 than the second abscissa of the cubitus, the crossnervure of the lanceolate 

 cell is straight or slightly oblique, the hind wing has two discal cells, and 

 the lanceolate cell is sessile at the apex in the hind wing. 



Tarsal claws simple (clypeus emarginate ; cell R,.,of the hind wings 



longly appendiculate) Cockerelionis, MacG. 



Tarsal claws with an inner tooth i. 



1. C!ly|)eus emarginate ; third transverse cubitus 



oblique Prototaxontis, Roh. 



Clypeus truncate ; third transverse cubitus straight .'. 



2. Cell R, J of the hind wings appendiculate; third cubital cell of the 



fore wings more than twice as long as the third transverse cubitus ; 

 apical and preceding joints of the maxillary palpi subequal : 

 l)OSterior tibiie not longer than the femora and 

 trochanter Epitaxoiius, MacCI. 



Cell R,., of the hind wings not appendiculate ; third cubital cell of the 

 fore wings not twice as long as the third transverse cubitus ; the 

 apical joint of the maxillary |)alpi distinctly longer than the preced- 

 ing J the posterior tibiie distinctly longer than the femora and 

 trochanter Ileinttaxotius, Ashm. 



Prototaxonus typicus, x\. ^\>. — Female: Length, 7 mm. Head sub- 

 opaque ; eyes slightly converging to the clypeus ; clypeus deeply emar- 

 ginaie, the lobes broad ; lateral occllar furrows very broad ; the ocellar 

 basin not closed below, uniting with the middle fovea ; supraclypeal fovea 

 deep, merging into the antennal fovea above ; the a|)ical antennal joint 

 shorter than the prccedi ig one. .Meson' »tum and scutellum shining and 

 polished ; sides of ihf scutellum with s(/me large punctures ; the meso- 

 pl( urse dulled by gray hairs The ir.in»vrrse ridi^l received i" the 

 exlr« nie apex of the ihird cub til. Tne s'fatn ir>ad sl'gliily em ir^inate 

 below, truncate, the upper angle very sharp ; cerci robust, short, not 



