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than the bind femora, with a sumt ■.\\ncd\ spur. Iliiiii tarsi piceoiis. 

 Fore winces brown ; corium with pale veins. Hind wings cinereous; veins 

 black. Femnle. — Bands of the abdomen connected. Hind femora less 

 incrassated than those of the male. Hind tibia? not dilated, with a testa- 

 ceous band beyond the middle. Length of the body 5^ — 6 lines. 

 a, h. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genns 17. PHIDIPPUS. 

 Phidippus, Slal, Hem. Fahr. 42. 



Phidippns, Flavius, Hirilcus and Peranthns are hardly sufficiently 

 different from Meropachys to be considered as genera. 



1. Phidippus aspei;. 

 Mas. Fiilvus, longiusculus ; roslrum co.vas anlicas attingens ; anlennte 

 rufa, corpore mullo brfviores ; prothorax scaber, angulis posHcis 

 sububtusis non prominulis ; scutellum njnce flaviun ; femora postica 

 incrassata, subarcuala, snblits tmiserialim spinosa ; tibicB postica 

 subtus denlatcB el nnispinoscE. 



Male. Tawny, elongate. Eyes piccons, prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the fore coxae; joints nearly equal in length. Antennae red, 

 much shorter than the body; joints from ilie first to the third successively 

 decreasing in length. Prothorax scabrous : a callus on each side near the 

 fore border; transverse ridge near the hind border slight; sides straight; 

 hind angles slightly obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum with a callus on 

 each side near the base and with two transverse furrows nearer the tip, 

 which is smooth and pale yellow. Four anterior femora beneath with some 

 minute spines and with a longer subapical spine on each side. Hind 

 femora incrassated, slightly curved, about half the length of the abdomen, 

 with a row of stout spines beneath. Hind tibia2 a little longer than the 

 hind femora, dentate beneath, where there is one spine at a little beyond 

 the middle. Fore wings not covering the sides nor the tip of the abdomen ; 

 membrane cinereous. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 18. FLAVIUS. 

 Flavius, Stal, Slett, Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 274. Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1867, 

 536. Hem. Fabr. 4. 



L Flavius lineaticornis. 

 lineaticornis, Stal, Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 275. 

 Mexico. 



2. J"lAVIUS PINGUIS. 



pinguis, Slal, Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 275, 

 Mexico. 



