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for a few hairs below; palpi normal, proboscis short. 

 Eyes bare. 



Thoracic clitetotaxy : ps dc 3 ; ant dc 2 ; hum 3 ; 

 intrahmn 1; presut 1; ant acr 0; ps acr 1 (prescutel- 

 lar) ; stpl 3; scutellum with 1 marginal and 1 apical, 

 both long, the latter nearer to each other than to the 

 former. 



Abdomen of male Axry large and clubbed api- 

 cally, more than in Camptopyga; first segment de- 

 clivous, with crescent-shaped row of 8 bristles near 

 lower border, a deep notch between the two segments, 

 the second bulging abruptly from the suture into a 

 hump, on which are several long, upcurved macro- 

 cliJEta?. First four abdominal segments short on ven- 

 ter, the sternites covered with erect long hair ; tlie fifth 

 sternite standing out abruptly as a large protuberance 

 which opens V-shaped behind; a sixth sternite stands 

 out in plain sight as a lobe projecting from underneath 

 the fourth at the side of the fifth, the end of this lobe 

 almost or quite rests upon the forceps in repose. 



The female has the genital segment much larger 

 than in Camptopyga; wing as in that genus. 



Type. — Hypopelta scrofa, new species. 



No. 13. Hypopelta scrofa n. sp. 



Male. Front .214 of head (ayerage of four, — 

 .197, .217, .221, .231) ; middle stripe more than twice 

 the width of one side above; parafrontals and para- 

 facials decidedly silvery; antennee and palpi black; 

 back of head with three rows of black hairs and only 

 a little pale beard. 



Thorax with 3-5 black stripes; the apical scutel- 

 lar bristles reach to the third abdominal segment. 



Abdomen black with changeable pollen; seg- 

 ments 2-4 with a transverse row of four silvery spots 

 against the front margin, giving the effect of three 

 shifting black longitudinal stripes between them; first 

 and second segments with only one moderate lateral 

 bristle; third M'ith a pair of erect median marginals 



