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ANNOTATED LIST OF BRITISH AyT/lOM VUBJE. 



BY R. It. MEADE. 



(continued from page 104.) 



7. IIYDROT.EA, Desv. 



Onodontha, pt., Eond. 

 Gen. cli. — Eyes either hairy or bare, contiguous or sub-contiguous 

 iu males ; arista pubescent ; alulets well developed, with unequal 

 scales ; abdomen mostly oval ; wings with anal vein not prolonged to 

 the margin, and with third and fourth longitudinal veins mostly curved 

 slightly towards each other at their apices ; legs with anterior femora 

 of males always toothed at their extremities, and fore tibia) attenuated 

 or notched at tlieir bases. 



Sect. 1 — Eyes hairy. 



^ 1. ciLi.VTA, Fab 



spinipes. Fall. & Zett 



2. OCCULTA, Meig. 



3. CYRTOXEURINA, Zctt. 



silvicola, Loew. 



4. lERITANS, Fall. 

 dentima7ia ?, Meig. 

 meteorica, Macq. 



Sect. 2~Eyes bare. 



^5. DENTiPES, Fab. - 9. armipes, Fab 



6. PALiESTRICA, Meig. 



7. EONDANII, sp. n. 



8. METEORICA, Liu. 



Jioccosa, Macq. 



10. EASCICULATA, sp. 11. 



armipes ?, Macq. 



Eondani separated the species of this genus which have hairy 

 eyes from the others, and placed them in a separate genus, which he 

 named Onodontha ; and I formerly adopted his arrangement, but there 

 are no other characters by which the separation can be supported, and 

 in the most common species of this group, viz , H. irritans, which 

 Eondani retained iu the old genus, the eyes of the males are always 

 more or less pubescent or short haired, so it is far better to keep them 

 all together. The species are not numerous, and are united by strong 

 natural characters, the fore legs of the males being always toothed, 

 and the middle and hind ones often furnished with peculiar spines 

 or tufts of hair. 



II. CTRTONELRINA, Zett. 

 This species bears a strong general resemblance to H. dentipes and its congeners, 

 having the third and fourth longitudinal veins of the wings convergent (whence its 

 name) ; but it may at once be distinguished from H. dentipes by the eyes being 

 distinctly haired. It appears to be a rare British species, as I have only seen one 

 which was sent to me by C. W. Dale, Esq., of Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, for 

 inspection. 



