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tennae nearly as long as tlie body, moderately pectinated in the J*, 

 minutely pectinated in the 9. Palpi equal to the front, filiform, 

 porrected, distinctly 3-jointed and with joints nearly equal ; termi- 

 nal joint obtuse. Tongue about one-half as long as the thorax 

 beneath. 



Body short, rather slender, not metallic. Patagia very minute. 

 Abdomen as long as the thorax beneath, not tufted at the tip and 

 scarcely tufted along the sides, with a minute, lateral tubercle on 

 the basal segment. Legs extremely slender and rather short ; fore 

 tibiae with a slender tibial spur from the middle ; hind tibias with 

 two minute apical spurs. 



1. A. falsarlus Clemens. 



Black. Prothorax fulvous, especially on the sides, with a point 

 on the median line black. Hind wings rather thin. 



Pennsylvania ; Illinois, from Mr. Kennicott. 



Clemens. 



AGLAOPE Latr. 



Wings extremely narrow. Hind wings ovate-lanceolate, nar- 

 rower than the fore wings ; length much less than that of the body ; 

 length of the fore wings somewhat more than that of the body. 

 The disk of fore wings closed by a very faint, irregular vein, with 

 two disco- centi-al nervules; subcostal vein with a single marginal 

 nervule from the posterior end of the disk and with the apical 

 branch trijid near the tip of the wing or bijid with a long fork. 

 Median vein 4-branched, with the posterior scarcely remote from 

 the penultimate. Fold of the wing thickened from the base to the 

 tip. Subraedian with a short fork at the base of the wing. Hind 

 wings without costal nervure ; subcostal bifid, with an oblique 

 discal vein arising near the base of the lower branch, and angulated 

 above the medio-superior nervule, where it receives the discal fold. 

 Median vein 4-branched, with nervules nearly equidistant. 



Head rather small, free, smooth ; with large ocelli. Face 

 smooth, rounded, rather narrow. Eyes rather small, scarcely pro- 



