﻿GENERIC 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  OPIIIONINI 
  — 
  CUSHMAN 
  447 
  

  

  Oenotype. 
  — 
  Simophion 
  ejcarinatus 
  , 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  SIMOPHION 
  EXCARINATl'S, 
  new 
  speciea 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Head: 
  Temples 
  hardly 
  reaching 
  outside 
  tangents 
  of 
  ej'es; 
  

   posterior 
  tangent 
  of 
  eyes 
  bisecting 
  posterior 
  ocelli; 
  malar 
  space 
  less 
  

   than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basal 
  width 
  of 
  mandible; 
  cl3'peus 
  concavely 
  trun- 
  

   cate, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  antennae 
  extremely 
  slender, 
  

   45-jointed, 
  all 
  flageUar 
  joints 
  longer 
  than 
  thick. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  Densely 
  and 
  finely 
  pubescent 
  and 
  laterally 
  minutely 
  

   punctate 
  and 
  mat, 
  shining 
  dorsally 
  and 
  ventrally; 
  propodeum 
  finely 
  

   nigulose 
  posteriorly, 
  shining 
  basally. 
  Legs 
  extremely 
  slender, 
  hind 
  

   femur 
  about 
  10 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep, 
  of 
  nearly- 
  uniform 
  depth 
  through- 
  

   out; 
  inner 
  hind 
  calcarium 
  hardly 
  one-fourth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basitarsus. 
  

  

  Abdomen: 
  Pohshed, 
  very 
  minutely 
  pubescent; 
  tergites 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  

   subequal 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  1, 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  subequal 
  and 
  fully 
  

   three-fourths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  3, 
  6 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  5, 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  together 
  

   about 
  equal 
  to 
  G. 
  

  

  Dark 
  brown; 
  orbits 
  so 
  broadly 
  yellowish 
  white 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  head 
  

   appear 
  largely 
  of 
  that 
  color; 
  mesoscutum 
  somewhat 
  darker 
  than 
  rest 
  

   of 
  thorax, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  prescutum 
  paler 
  or 
  with 
  faint 
  traces 
  of 
  

   parapsidal 
  stripes; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  stigma 
  and 
  veins 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   metacarpus, 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  costa 
  and 
  radices 
  pale, 
  tegulae 
  stram- 
  

   ineous. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Tempe, 
  Ariz. 
  

  

  Type—U. 
  S. 
  X. 
  M. 
  No. 
  57G05. 
  

  

  Paratypes. 
  — 
  ^CaUfornia 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences; 
  collection 
  of 
  Henry 
  K. 
  

   and 
  Marjorie 
  C. 
  Townes. 
  

  

  Seven 
  specimens, 
  including 
  the 
  holotype, 
  collected 
  at 
  light 
  at 
  

   Tempe, 
  Ariz., 
  by 
  E. 
  V. 
  Walter 
  and 
  M. 
  Martinez 
  in 
  February 
  and 
  

   March, 
  1023 
  to 
  192G, 
  under 
  Tempo 
  No. 
  4916; 
  1 
  female, 
  Gila 
  Bend, 
  

   Ariz., 
  March 
  1, 
  1930, 
  C. 
  D. 
  Lebert; 
  2 
  females, 
  Phoenix, 
  Ariz., 
  1933, 
  

   R. 
  H. 
  Crandall; 
  and 
  2 
  females, 
  Needles, 
  Calif., 
  February-March 
  

   1922, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Kusche. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  genotype, 
  representatives 
  of 
  4 
  other 
  species 
  arc 
  

   before 
  me. 
  All 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  arid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  United 
  

   States. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  40 
  specimens 
  are 
  females. 
  

  

  17. 
  TROPHOPHION." 
  new 
  genus 
  

  

  Plate 
  50, 
  Fiourks 
  14, 
  20, 
  27; 
  1'i.ati. 
  .'').'■), 
  FunuE 
  78; 
  Plate 
  56, 
  FinuuE 
  99 
  

  

  A 
  remarkable 
  genus 
  differing 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  from 
  tho 
  more 
  

   typical 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  Ophion 
  group, 
  notably 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  tho 
  head, 
  

   the 
  anthopiiagous 
  mouth 
  i)arts, 
  the 
  bnsally 
  curved 
  and 
  thickened 
  

   radius 
  jiiid 
  tho 
  very 
  little 
  compressed 
  abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  female 
  

  

  • 
  From 
  rpo^i)<-food. 
  In 
  referonoe 
  to 
  the 
  lonx 
  trophl. 
  

  

  