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the wing squamz, on the ends of the femora, the base of the tibiz ; 
shorter and broader fusiform scales at various places on the upper. 
side of the abdomen. 
In the types of Lepidilla the long set of the hind tibie and the 
squamiform fore wings have been broken off. 
Ribaga places this group as a sub-family of the Atropide. These 
however never have toothed claws and are never scaled, so that one 
might better place them among the Lepidopsocide. But even 
here they seem to me to have no right place. The complete lack 
of venation in the peculiar squamiform wings separates them from 
these and appears, in this respect, to approximate them to the 
Atropide. If therefore the Lepidopsocide and Atropide be not 
united in one family, which in my opinion is absolutely inadmissible, 
one is compelled to regard the Lepidillide as a distinct family. 
Until further species settle this question definitely I regard this group 
in the meantime as Lepidillide. 
TABLE OF GENERA OF LEPIDILLIDA. 
Prothorax very short, much shorter than 
the mesothorax. Second and third 
joints of maxillary palp without exter- 
nal end spur. .. Lepidilla, Rib. 1905. 
(Type : L. Kelloggi, Rib. 1905.) 
Prothorax very long, longer than the 
mesothorax. Second and third joints 
of the maxillary palp with stout and 
long end spur .. Lepolepis,n. g. 
. (Type: L. ceylonica, n. sp.). 
2 Lepolepis, n. g. 
Inner maxilla trifid ; end joint of maxillary palp axe-shaped, 
second and third joints with stout and long end spur. Antenne 
more than 50-jointed, the joints are 1-2 times as long as thick. 
Ocelli absent. Eyes large, pubescent in front and in the middle. 
Sagittal and frontal sutures distinct. Prothorax large and long, 
larger than the mesothorax. Fore wingssquamiform. Hind wings 
not developed. Meso and metathorax and middle segment close 
together, the last very large. Abdomen 10-jointed including the 
telson. The latter trilobate, the lateral lobes each with a setiform 
appendix analis. Tibiz with 2 end spurs ; those of the two posterior 
pairs of legs with numerous setz which are very stout on the middle 
