FAMILI^. {Mdltta. •**. b.) J3Q 



vissimo, obtusiusculoj clliato^ intus fisso ; Palpis 

 interioribiis fractis, articulo primo longiori, arcuato, 

 indurvo ; Loris proboscidem longitudine seqiian- 

 tibus ; Annulo lineari ; Stemmatibus in linea GurvS; 

 Oculis distantibiis ; Naso convexo, distincto ; Lahio 

 antice setoso-pectinato, appendiculato, appendicul^ 

 infiexa ; MaxiUis apice bidentatis ; Antennis ap- 

 proximatis, scapo elongato^ pedicello subgloboso, 

 apice articulo primo conico ; Tninco saepius ovato ; 

 Tihiis posticis scopa baud dens^ pollinifera, spinu- 

 lis serrulatis ; Abdomine subovali, ano rim^ per- 

 pendicLilari, segmento ultimo miiiutissimo. 



Maris Corpus cylindricum. Nasus apice ple- 

 rumque albido, aiit luteo. Labium angustum 

 lineare, appendicula null^. Maxilla edentulge, 

 acutac. Antennce articulis subarcuatis. Tibice 

 posticcB scopa nulM. Abdomen lineare ano intcgro. 



Imago pollinilega. 



This family is distinguished from all others by 

 some very striking peculiarities: the intermediate 

 tooth of the tube is emarginate ; the lora are as 

 long as the rest of the proboscis ; the lip, in one 

 seXj is furnished with a singular appendicle; and 

 the apex of the abdomen has the appearance of a 

 cleft perpendicular to the horizontal fissure of the 

 anus. The males are all remarkable for an elon- 

 gate cylindrical body, and, as I observed before, 

 have been considered by Fabricius as belonging to 

 his genus Hylceus: they are extremely similar to 

 those of the preceding family; but the extraor- 

 dinary 



