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long as broad. The terminal joint is about one-and-a- 

 half times the length of the penullimatv^ joint. Tt 

 tapers to a bhmt point. The antennae are but sparsely 

 provided Avith the peculiar sense hairs cummon to 

 male Coniopterygidae, and thus differ markedly from 

 other species of Coniopieryx. The mandibles are 

 curved and pointed apically, with one, blunt, inter- 

 nal tooth. Maxillae with a stout, squarish stipes and 



Fig. 6. — CoJiiopteryx aegyptiaca sp. n., Type — Right 

 forewing x 20. 



a slender lacinia with a few hairs apically. Galea noL 

 peculiar. Palpus with joints of fairJy uniform 

 breadth. The palpal ratio is about 6 : 7 : 8 : 6^ : 17, 

 the terminal joint being longest and obscurely ser- 

 rate on its inner side. Labium, with eulabium 

 rather square and with a straight anterior margin 

 bearing a row^ of seven marginal sense hairs, behind 

 this is a straight row of four larger hairs. Labial 

 palpi of usual form, four-jointed, the terminal joint 

 narrowly hatchet-shaped. 



jProthorax short and rather square, with lateral 

 supporting rods. Meso- and metathorax short and 

 stout, of usual structure. 



