Hydrometride. 145 
AEPOPHILINA. 
AEPOPHILUS, Sign. 
Short, suboval, finely pubescent. Head convex, eyes 
touching the pronotum, ocelli wanting, antenniferous 
tubercles on the underside of the cheeks; antennee long 
and thick, four-jointed, the joints, except the basal one, 
which is slightly thickened, of about equal width; rostrum 
four-jointed, extending to about the intermediate coxz, its 
apex very finely pointed; pronotum transverse, its sides 
and anterior margin straight, base slightly sinuate; 
scutellum short and wide; elytra undeveloped, very short 
at the suture, their lateral margin rounded, about twice as 
long as the sutural, apical margin sinuate, apical lateral 
angle acute. Dr. Puton remarks that the ¢ has the genital 
segment exposed above, the ? beneath. The specimens I 
have before me appear to be males; legs pubescent, tarsi 
three-jointed, claws at the apex of the tarsi, very strong 
and curved. 
A. Bonnairei, Sign.—Ferruginous, finely pubescent, 
with a few longer fine hairs, elytra and abdomen darker. 
Head rather shining ; eyes round, red, not projecting beyond 
the pronotal angles ; antennze with the basal joint slightly 
produced beyond the apex of the head, second thinner 
than the first, and about twice its length, third and fourth 
subequal in length, slightly shorter than the second; 
pronotum transverse, front margin and sides straight and 
parallel, base shghtly sinuate, lateral margins narrowly 
reflexed; scutellum very wide and short; elytra short, 
shaped as described under the head of the genus; abdomen 
with all the segments exposed, its sides rounded, and the 
connexivum much reflexed. Two genital segments at 
least appear to me to be visible, but they are very curious 
in form, and I cannot satisfy myself as to their exact 
relations to each other; legs rather thick. 
L. 3-34 mm. 
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