118 JOHN B, SMITH. 



Auteuufe fusiform, with a long recurved hook, oi- only a slightly curved tip. 



Abdoiueu obtuse, form heavy, wings wide Paoliylia. 



Abdomen more slender, pointed ; wings narrower ; form more graceful. 



Fliilainpelus. 



Antennre short, not recurved at tip, wings more sinuate, legs weak, head more 



retracted Aiiipelopliaga. 



JEL,L,OFOS Hiib. 

 Verzeichniss 131. 



Body depressed, fusiform, uiitufted ; vestiture smooth. Head 

 broad, prominent, obtuse ; palpi closely applied, stout, reaching t(j 

 the middle of the front and there appearing to form part of the head, 

 pointing it off neatly. Tongue moderate in length, reaching about 

 to end of thorax, strong, corneous. Eyes lenticular, not at all promi- 

 nent. Antennpe slightly thickened toward tip, forming a somewhat 

 indistinct club, with a short, recurved, but not spiniform tip. Legs 

 moderate, not spinose, becoming gradually longer and stouter poste- 

 riorly ; middle tibiie with short terminal S])ui"s, posterior with two 

 pair of spurs, the upper pair short. Abdomen with a fan-like tuft 

 of long, flattened hairs at tip, and laterally on the sixth segment. 

 The lower edges of the segments spinulose. Primaries with eleven 

 veins, venation of the usual tjqie. Secondaries with three and four 

 from the same point, five midway between four and six ; six and 

 seven from the end of the subcostal. Primaries comparatively 

 small, apex acute, outer margin very oblique, even, inner margin 

 very little sinuate, and about three-fifths as long as costa. Seconda- 

 ries small, slightly produced at the anal angle, else entire. 



This genus is a very readily recognizable one. The somewiiat de- 

 pressed, fusiform body, broad head, small wings and fan-shaped anal 

 tuft are distinctive. The abdomen exceeds the secondaries by more 

 than half its lengtli, and the primaries are inserted in thorax about 

 two-fifths from the head. 



The genus is a tropical one, and the two forms in our catalogue 

 are aberrant members of our fiimily — rather emigrants who have a 

 precarious sort of a footing and make occasional journeys northward 

 than as natives. The species have been found as far North as Mas- 

 sachusetts and grow commoner Southward. Their true home, how- 

 ever, is in subtropical America. Two species appear in our cata- 

 logue, — titan and tantalus, the first described by Linnaeus, the other 

 described bv Cramer. Walker united them, and so did Clemens. 



