FAMILT^. (^pis. **, c. 1.) IQS 



Stemmat'ihus in triangnlo ; OcuJis pilosis; Naso dis- 

 tinctOj convexo; Lahio transverso, sublineari, plani- 

 usculo; Maxillis forcipati?, medio constrietis, apice 

 edentulis obliquis ; jintennis filiformibus, scapo fu- 

 siformi, pedicello subgloboso; Tihiis posticis com- 

 pressis, supra glabris, margine omni recurvo-ciliatis 

 /. corbicala instructis, apice inermibus f. absque spi- 

 nulis ; Plantis posterioribus dilatatis, basi auricula tis 

 auricula acuta, intus scopula transverse striata striis 

 setoso-pectinatis, vestitis ; Unguiculis bifidis; Ahdo- 

 mine subprismatico, basi retuso, tergo convexo. 



Feminas Proboscis brevis. Lingua paulo infra 

 apicem constricta. Tubus apice tridentatus, den- 

 tibus lateralibus obsoletiusculis, intermedio sub- 

 emarginato. Falvulte rectiusculae. Maxilla apice 

 dentibus armatae. Tibice posticag supra, nee niar- 

 gine, pilosae. Vlantie posticae absque auricula. 

 Abdomen elongato-conicum 



Maris Corpus crassius; Caput ex globose depres- 

 sum, fere circulare. ProZ^o^c/^brevis, crassior. Lingua 

 tenuis. Valvular latiores. Maxill/^ apice dentibus 

 armatae. Tibiae posticae corbicula nullS. Plantce 

 posticae absque auricula et scopula. uibdomen sub- 

 cordatum, obtusum. 



The family of which this is the first section, Is 

 distinguished from that ^vhich precedes it by a sub- 

 involute proboscis, and a triangular fulcrum; by 

 membranaceous exterior laciniae and valvulae, with 

 a longitudinal corneous line; by exterior palpi, 

 consisting, as far as I can discover, of a single 



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