﻿GENERIC 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  OPHIONINI 
  — 
  CUSHMAN 
  457 
  

  

  parallel 
  below 
  autcnmic; 
  face 
  strongl}'- 
  convex, 
  narrow, 
  but 
  broader 
  

   than 
  frons, 
  clypeus 
  almost 
  continuous 
  with 
  face, 
  convex, 
  broadly 
  

   rounJetl 
  at 
  apex, 
  narrowly 
  exposing; 
  labruni; 
  nuilar 
  space 
  extremely 
  

   short; 
  mandible 
  small, 
  so 
  strongly 
  twisted 
  that 
  upper 
  tooth 
  is 
  on 
  

   inner 
  margin; 
  antenna 
  long, 
  very 
  slender, 
  attenuate. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  Pronotal 
  sinus 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  exposing 
  spiracular 
  

   sclcrite; 
  mesoscutum 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  notaulices 
  obsolete; 
  scutel- 
  

   lum 
  margined 
  only 
  basally; 
  mesopleuron 
  longitudinally 
  impressed 
  

   from 
  fovea 
  to 
  top 
  of 
  prepcctus; 
  postpectoral 
  carina 
  complete 
  and 
  

   high; 
  propodeum 
  briefly 
  prolonged 
  over 
  hind 
  coxae, 
  basal 
  carina 
  very 
  

   strong, 
  apical 
  carina 
  not 
  defined, 
  basal 
  constriction 
  divided 
  into 
  

   median 
  and 
  lateral 
  foveae. 
  Wings 
  (pi. 
  54, 
  fig. 
  53) 
  with 
  dense 
  long 
  hair, 
  

   a 
  hairless 
  area 
  below 
  base 
  of 
  stigma, 
  but 
  without 
  fenestra; 
  stigma 
  very 
  

   narrow, 
  merging 
  imperceptibly 
  with 
  metacarpus, 
  radius 
  near 
  base; 
  

   basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  conspicuously^ 
  thickened 
  and 
  curved 
  basally, 
  

   apical 
  abscissa 
  strongly 
  curved; 
  discocubitus 
  concavely 
  curved 
  

   basally, 
  convexly 
  curved 
  apically, 
  basal 
  portion 
  slightly 
  convergent 
  

   with 
  basal 
  vein; 
  lower 
  outer 
  angle 
  of 
  second 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  right; 
  

   nervulus 
  interstitial 
  or 
  postfurcal; 
  postnervulus 
  broken 
  at 
  or 
  above 
  

   middle; 
  abscissula 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  and 
  weakly 
  curved 
  at 
  base; 
  

   nervellus 
  rectangularly 
  broken 
  at 
  about 
  middle; 
  legs 
  extremely 
  

   slender; 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  trochanter 
  in 
  middle 
  and 
  hing 
  legs 
  (pi. 
  55, 
  fig. 
  

   83) 
  with 
  an 
  acute 
  tooth 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  at 
  apex; 
  claws 
  closely 
  pectinate. 
  

  

  Abdomen: 
  Slender, 
  strongly 
  compressed; 
  petiole 
  convex 
  dorsally; 
  

   tergite 
  2 
  broadly 
  constricted 
  basally, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  but 
  with 
  no 
  umbo, 
  spiracles 
  at 
  apical 
  two-fifths, 
  epiplcura 
  

   separated 
  and 
  sharply 
  infolded. 
  

  

  1 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  the 
  genotype, 
  an<l 
  the 
  above 
  descrij)tion 
  is 
  drawn 
  

   from 
  a 
  damaged 
  specimen 
  of 
  Nipponophion 
  variegatus 
  Uchida 
  and 
  the 
  

   new 
  species 
  described 
  below. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Perkins 
  says 
  (in 
  Hit.): 
  '^S. 
  

   bombycivorus 
  Gr. 
  agrees 
  entirely 
  with 
  the 
  generic 
  diagnoisis 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  species." 
  

  

  STAL'ROPOCTONUS 
  VARIEGATUS 
  (IVhlda), 
  new 
  conililnnlion 
  

  

  S'ipponophton 
  vririrgalus 
  Uchida, 
  Joiirn. 
  Fac. 
  Agr. 
  Hokkaido 
  Imp. 
  Univ., 
  vol. 
  21, 
  

   p. 
  201, 
  1928. 
  

  

  STAUROPOCTONIIS 
  CIIEZANUS, 
  new 
  apcclca 
  

  

  Distinct 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  described 
  species 
  in 
  its 
  almost 
  uniformly 
  

   ferruginous 
  color. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  25 
  mm., 
  antenmi 
  incomplete. 
  

  

  Temples 
  very 
  narrow; 
  cominned 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  us 
  

   width 
  of 
  face; 
  eye 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad; 
  thorax 
  sparsely 
  and 
  

   minutely 
  punctate, 
  mesopleuron 
  below 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  and 
  meta- 
  

   pleuron 
  more 
  coarsely 
  and 
  densely 
  so, 
  mesopleuron 
  rugoso-puuctate 
  

  

  