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Tratisdctiois. 



the considerable differences existing, it is justifiable in this case to make a 

 new genus. 



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Neocurupira gon. nov. 



In Kellogg's menograph, " Genera Inscctorum, Blepharoceridae," 1907, 

 a table of the genera known up to that date is given. The present species 

 belongs to the section with no incomplete vein near the hind margin, and 

 with holoptic eyes. This leads to the genus Curwpira, as mentioned above. 

 From that genus the present insect differs 

 as follows : The long-ended tips to the 

 tongue-sheath, the small palpi {Ciirupira 

 has long palpi, vide Arch. Mus. Nac. R. 

 Jan., pi. 7, fig. 20), and the very long 

 hind legs. 



The genus can be defined as follows : — 



Eyes holoptic on the vertex, very 

 hairy, divided into two regions, an '" upper 

 eye " and a " lower eye." These two 

 regions are absolutely contiguous, and 

 have no intervening space ; the upper 

 eyes have large brown facets, the lower 

 eyes have small black ones. The upper 

 eyes touch from the well-marked ocellar 

 the antennae ; the lower eyes are widely and fairly evenly separated by 

 the wide face. The turret bears 1 ocellus near the top and 2 on the 

 sides towards the back. Palpi minute and hairy, almost hidden in a sort 

 of depression each side of the base of the tongue. The tongue is longer 

 than the vertical depth of the head, the sheaths arc prolonged into 2 long 

 flagella, which are jointed just at the tip of the tongue, where they 

 divaricate (fig. 2). Antennae normal (fig. 3). 



Thorax of normal form for the family. Wings as shown in fig. 4. The 

 first vein is very close to the costa, and extends from about A to B in the 



Fig. 2. — j . Head, front view. 

 Fig. 3. — Antenna. 

 Fig. 5. — Hypopygium. 



' turret " to somewhat above 



Fig. 4. 



figure. It is not shown in the drawing, which was made with a camera 

 lucida, as it was almost in the same plane as the costa. There is a forked 

 vein between the first and the fourth ; no incomplete vein on hind margin ; 

 a cross-vein from the fourth to the one before, but none between the fourth 

 and fifth. 



