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FAMILY VII.— GRVLLID.^. 



Fig. 185. — Anaxiphus pulicarius, female. Orijiinal. 



Anaxiphus pulicarius Saussure. 



Head and pronotum brick-red in color, sparsely' clothed 

 with long hairs ; wing-covers and legs very light brown; 

 abdomen and ovipositor darker. 



Both sexes are wingless, but the wing-covers of the male 

 are well developed, fuUv covering the abdomen, while those 

 of the female reach but little beyond its middle. The cerci 

 are exceedingly long, tapering, and covered with fine \^ellow 

 •hairs. The hind femora of the males are proportionately 

 much larger than those of the females, as will be seen by the 

 following measurements: Length of body, male, 6.5 mm.; 

 female, 8 mm.; length of posterior femora, male, 6.5 mm.; 



