TOXOPHORIN^ 



511 



Squamse with very long rigid fringes. Proboscis long and stiff. 

 Ocellar bristles (2) long and distinct. Basal antennal joint long and 

 thin. Tibia? very bristly. Posterior cells three only (tig. 296) ; radial 



Fig. 295. — Eniconcnra/uacipennis. 

 (From a specimen in the Paris Museum.) 



Fio. 290. — Toxopliora inaculata <J. x 12. 



vein ending almost straight ; anal cell petiolate. The American genus 

 Lepidophora has four posterior cells and a very nuich looped radial 



vein, ^ 



TOXOPHORA. 



2 (1) Prothorax almost normal. Anal cell open. 



Ocellar bristles merged into general pubescence (unless moderately 

 distinct in Amictus). Squama; with short inconspicuous fringes. 

 Posterior cells four. 



3 (4) Thorax scarcely humped, and without any strong bristles except 



about two prsesutural ones. Abdomen, even if arched, begin- 

 ning on the same plane as the thorax, long, narrow, and hairy. 

 Hind femora without spines beneath, tibite almost bare. 



Proboscis long and thin. 



ECLIMUS. 



4 (3) Thorax strongly humped, and usually with strong bristles or 



bristly hairs on the disc besides distinct praesutural, postalar, 

 and scutellar bristles. Abdomen pendulous. Hind femora 

 beneath often, and the tibise always with strong spines. 



5 (8) Proboscis long, protruding far (Amidus) or moderately {Cyllenia) 



beyond the mouth-opening. Discal cross-vein far beyond the 

 middle of the discal cell. 

 Wings short and narrow. 



6 (7) Proboscis long and thin, conspicuously porrect. Basal joint of 



antennse long and cylindrical, second joint short, third joint 

 long, thin, and pubescent; antennse nearly as long as the head 

 (fig. 297). 



Fig. i^l.— Amictus pidiis 9 • x 10. 



