APPENDIX II. 333 



PARATROPESA' Schikek. 



(Section LIMNOBINA ANOMALA ; seep. 132.) 



The following is translated from Dr. Scbiner's article in the 

 Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, 18G6, p. 932 :— 



" Head, seen from above, almost triangiilar, the occiput strongly de- 

 veloped ; the round, somewhat projecting eyes situated quite anteriorly ; 

 front broad and flat ; ocelli wanting ; rostrum very short ; palpi four- 

 jointed, the two last joints nearly of the same length ; antennje 15-jointed ; 

 first joint elongated, cylindrical, the second short, truncate in front, the 

 joints of the flagellum oblong, diminishing in size towards the tip, finely 

 pubescent ; the last joint attenuated at the basis, not shorter than tlie 

 preceding joint. Thorax very convex, rather abrupt in front, the collare 

 being almost at a right angle to the mesothorax ; it is strongly narrowed 

 in front. Abdomen seven-jointed, about twice the length of the thorax, 

 narrow and slender ; forceps of the male rather strong ; appendages folded 

 backwards ; a short, blunt intermediate piece near the basis. Feet 

 slender ; hind femora longer than the abdomen ; the first joints of the tarsi 

 long and rather strikingly incrassated, spindle-shaped, with a dense, short 

 pubescence ; ungues distinct ; the empodium strongly developed, the 

 pulvilli rudimentary. Wings broad, the anal angle much developed ; 

 auxiliary vein close by the first longitudinal ; the latter gradually 

 approaching the costa and merging into it without being incurved towards 

 it ; the second longitudinal vein originates about the middle of the wing, 

 strongly arcuated in its whole course, almost at a right angle at its origin ; 

 forked not far from its tip ; the anterior branch of the fork is short, the 

 posterior one is in a line with the remainder of the vein ; the marginal 

 cross-vein is long and perpendicular, connecting the first and second veins 

 in the region of the stigma ; the inner end of the submarginal cell is in a 

 line with the marginal cross-vein, and in immediate contact with the 

 discal cell ; the small cross-vein is therefore wanting ; the discal cell emits 

 three simple veins, running toward tlie margin ; fifth vein quite straight ; 

 the sixth and seventh have nothing peculiar. 



Type of the genus: P. singularis, n. sp. ; Columbia, South America." 



Although Dr. Schiner is in doubt about the relationship of this 

 genus, I have shown above (p. 132) that, according to my opinion, 

 it is related to Teucholabis. 



• Probably from nafarpoTr:;, deflected, averted. 



