1^2 FAMILI^, (Jpis. **. c. I. ct.) 



* *. C. 1. a. (s) 



II. F. A. Corpus lineari-lanceolatum subvillo- 

 pum; Capite tv\mco angustiori, rotundato; Probos- 

 cide incurva ; Lingua planiuscul^ ; Tuho lineari, 

 apice tridentato dente intermedio longiori ; Fulcro 

 elongatOj subclavato; Ladniis exterioribus articu- 

 lls subsqualibuSj interioribus linearibus; ValvuUs 

 apice lanceolato-linearij concavo, submembranaceo, 

 linea longitudinali cornea ; Palpis omnibus biarti- 

 culatis, exterioribus acutis; Facie planiuscula; 

 Stemmatihus in triangulo; Oculis distantibus, pilo- 

 sulis ; Labio in^e\o, elongato, concavo-convexo; 

 Maxillis apice dentatis; Antennis distantibus, lili- 

 formibus, pedicello, apiceque articulo primo, sub- 

 conicis ; Sguamulis magnis ; Scutello obtusangulo ; 

 Tibiis posticis scopa null^ pollinifer^; Unguiculis 

 integrisj pulvillo obsolete ; Abdomine recto, acuto 

 /. acuminato, basi retuso, ano dehiscenti, ventre 

 glabro. 



Maris UnguicuH apice bifidi. Abdomen seg~ 

 imento septimo obsoleto, ano spinoso^ 



Imago vix pollinifera. 



The individuals of the family of the first sec- 

 tion, of which this is a subdivision, are invariably 

 distinguished by one remarkable feature, the labi- 

 um, or lip, is elongate and inflected iinder the 

 maxillae, (which are remarkably large and strong 

 with several teeth at their apex) so as to defend 



(s) Tab, 7. * *. c, 1, a. Jps, Fab, 



