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CEUTHOPHILUS MACULA.TUS. 



c t d. Massachusetts. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Ceuthophilus lepismoides. 



Mas. Fulvus, nitens, anlice anguslior ; abdomen thorace paullo longior ; 

 pedes sat graciles, femoribus posticis abdomine multo longioribus, 

 tibiis anticis quinque spinosis, libiis posticis spinulosis. 



Male. Tawny, convex, smooth, shining, decreasing in thickness from 

 the head to the tip of the abdomen. Head short. Eyes piceous, not 

 prominent. Palpi and antennae slender. Prothorax short; fore border, 

 sides and hind border slightly rounded. Abdomen a little longer than the 

 thorax. Legs rather slender ; femora unarmed ; hind femora much longer 

 than the abdomen ; fore tibia? with four long slender spines on the outside 

 and with one on the inside; hind tibiae with minute spines along each 

 side. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Genus PH^OPHILACRIS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput breve, prothorace angustius; fasti- 

 gium breve, subcarinatum ; frons non carinata. Oculi parvi, elliptici, non 

 prominuli. Palpi maxillares longissimi; articulus 2us 3o paullo longior; 

 4us 2o valde longior. Antennae gracillimae, corpore fere quadruplo longiores. 

 Prothorax oblique bisulcatus, lateribus valde rotundatis. Cerci graciles, 

 abdomine longiores. Pedes graciles, longissimi; femora antica biserialim 

 spinulosa; femora postica corpore longiora ; tibiae posticae spinulosae, 

 spinis apicalibus longis. Alae anticae coriacea?, abdomine breviores. 



Male. Body stout. Head short, narrower than the prothorax ; tip of 

 the vertex short, forming a slight keel ; front erect, not keeled. Eyes 

 small, elliptical, not prominent. Maxillary palpi very long; fourth joint 

 subclavate, very much louger than the second, which is a little longer than 

 the third. Antennae very slender, nearly four times the length of the body. 

 Prothorax with an oblique furrow on each side ; fore border and hind 

 border straight; sides much rounded. Cerci slender, longer than the 

 abdomen. Legs slender, very long; fore femora with two rows of minute 

 spines beneath ; hind femora incrassated towards the base, longer than the 

 body ; hind tibia? a little longer than the hind femora, with two rows of 

 minute spines above, and with a few long spines towards the tips. Fore 

 wings coriaceous, shorter than the abdomen ; veins strongly marked. 



1. PflLEOPHILACltIS FUNESTA. 



Mas. Nigricans, subtus ferruginea. 



Male. Blackish, ferruginous beneath. Fore wings with about seven 

 longitudinal veins, most of which are forked, and some of the forks have 

 branches. Length of the body 14 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Salmon's collection. 



