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5 — 11 flabellate, each joint bearing a long slender branch, those from 

 5 — 8 gradually longer, 9—11 gradually shorter. Tarsal claws broadly 

 toothed at base, the anterior claw of each pair bifid at tip as in Euhria, 

 the two parts divergent. PI. II, fig. 14. 



Female. — Antennas with joints 1 — 3 as in the male, 4 — 11 short, 

 subserrate. Claws slender and simple on all the feet. 



For the privilege of examining the male I am indebted to the kindness 

 of Mr. H. Ulke of Washington. His specimen is I belive from Oregon, 

 showing a wide distribution. 



Several unimportant errors have been observed in the " Revision of 

 Dascyllidae," (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. viii, 1880). 



Page 77, top line, for Parinidas read Parnidae. 



Page 81, middle of page, for Dasypoyon read Eurypogon. 



Page 91, the generic name Eucinetus Germ., should be inserted at 

 the middle of page, under Eucinetini. 



Page 103, in the table, top line, for " wide as long," read " long as wide." 



Page 112, in the synonymy of Anchytarsus, iox fragiUs read dchib's. 



BRACHYPSECTRA Loc. 



In a preceding page I have suggested the propriety of referring this 

 genus to the Dascyllidge. The entire absence of onychium excludes it 

 from Rhipiceridae, and while I have but little faith in the propriety of 

 retaining the latter family as distinct, taking the characters as we find 

 them the genus goes better with the Dascyllidae. 



The anterior coxae are angulate externally and the trochantin quite 

 distinct. The ft-ont is however narrowed by the insertion of the antennaj 

 and the mouth is inferior as in Eubriini, two characters decidedly at 

 variance with the Dascyllini. I would therefore suggest a change of 

 the table proposed by me in a Revision of the Dascyllidae (Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 77), as follows: 



Antennpe distant at ba.se, front not narrowed. 



Epistoma prolonged, etc MAcnoroooNiNr. 



Epistoma short, etc Dascyllini. 



Antennas approximate at base, front narrowed. 



Labrum visible, mandibles not prolonged, mouth inferior Brachypsectrini. 



The tribe thus suggested indicates a line of affinity between the sub- 

 family Dascyllidae and the Eubriini, which is otherwise quite wanting 

 except through a series of other Helodide genera. 



The specimens I have studied appear to be females only. The antennae 

 are formed in a manner leading us to expect the antenna of the S to 

 be pectinate. PI. II, fig. 15. 



