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Claws with two teeth beneath in $ cleft ; metanotum with 



a tubercle on each side of the spiracles, otherwise as in 



Mygnimia (6) Hernipepsis, Dahlb. 



(Type H. capensis, Dahlb.) 



Claws with four teeth beneath and closely and longly combed 

 with bristles ; outer ridge on hind tibicC in 9 simple, not 



at all serrate (Africa) (7) Tetraodontonyx, Ashm., n. g. 



(Type T. rufipes, Ashm., ni. s.) 



6. Front tibiae spined above, the front tarsi with a long comb, consist- 



ing of 7 or 8 long spines ; hind tibise and tarsi armed with 

 large spines. Second and third cubital cells small, the third 



the smaller of the two (8) Schiztonyx, Sauss. 



Front tibife not spined above, the front tarsi armed with short 

 spines ; hind tibife and tarsi armed with small spines arranged in 

 rows; second and third cubital cells large, the third the larger of 

 the two (9) Cyphononyx, Dahlb. 



7. First recurrent nervure received by the second cubital cell at, near, or 



a little beyond the middle, but rarely as far as its apical third, the 



second recurrent nervure received by the third cubical cell before 



its middle 8. 



First recurrent nervure received by the second cubital cell near its 



apex, or at or beyond the apical third ; submedian cell much 



longer than the median ; wings ferruginous, margined with 



black; cubitus in hind wings interstitial with the transverse 



median nervure (10) Pallosoma, Lepel. 



(Type P. barbara, Lepel.) 



8. Cubitus in hind wings interstitial or originating a little before the 



transverse median nervure ; eyes not, or only slightly, con- 

 vergent above ; clypeus with the anterior margin more or less 

 distinctly sinuate medially (rarely truncate), the labrum slightly 



exposed. 



Front tarsi with a comb ; hind tibiae in 5 strongly serrate, in 

 ^ vv'ith short, indistinct spines; second cubital cell receiving 

 the first recurrent nervure near its apical 



third (11) Salius Fabricius. 



= Priocnemis, Schiodte (pars). 



= Priocnemoides, Sauss. 



Front taris without a comb ; hind tibiae in $ not serrate, or 



with only slight traces of teeth, but with some short, stout 



spines, in ^ without or at most with very short, feeble 



