145 fAMlLiM. {Apii. *. i.) 



and in general habit it so entirely resembles the* 

 males, which are indubitably Apes, that I have 

 little hesitation in placing it with them in this 

 family: of the mode of nidification of the indi- 

 viduals that belong to it I know nothing, having 

 taken only a single specimen upon an extensive 

 Jieath. 



*. b. (n) 



H. F. A. Corpus oblongiusclilum, subviltosum ; 

 Capite latiori quam longo, trunco paulo angustiori, 

 postice obsolete obtusangulo, supra depfessiusculo j 

 Ore crassiusculo ; Prohoscide glabr^ incurv^; Lin- 

 gua planiuscula ; Tuho lineari, apice tridentato, 

 dente intermedio majori ; Fulcro subtriangulari; 

 Laciniis exterioribus nullis, interioribus subseta- 

 ceis; Falvidis apice lineari-Ianceolato, concavo, 

 acuto, submembranaceo, linea longitudinali cor- 

 nea; Palpis exterioribus sexarticulatis articulo 

 primo minutissimo, interioribus quadriarticulatis 

 articulo primo elongato ; Stemmatihus in triangulo; 

 Oculis magnisj prominulis, fundo favoso; Naso 

 convexo, distincto; Lahio ovali, verticali; Max- 

 N 77/w edentulis ; ^w^eww?^ approximatis, filiformibus, 

 rectis, articulis distinctis, scapo brevi, pedicello 

 minuto; Alis corpore longioribus; Squamuhs 

 magnis, ssepius coloratis; Scittello tuberculis duo- 

 bus plerumque munito; Tibiis posticis nudis; 

 UngidcuJis in omni sexu bifidis ; Ahdomine ovalij 



(«) Tab. 5, *. b. Nomaday^d^. Latr, 



J, ovato- 



