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CATALOGUE OP 



b. Fore tibia* not dilated and leaf-like. 



* Head with a tooth or spine of variable size 



between the antennae. Antenniferous 



tubercles not elongated. - Lisarda 



** Head with no tooth or spine between the 

 antennae. Antenniferous tubercles elon- 

 gated. - Salyavata. 



B. Antenniferous tubercles slightly prominent. 

 Fore tibiae simple, sometimes compressed, 

 with a furrow for receiving the tarsi. = Valentia. 



Subfam. 4. APIOMERIDA. 



A. Middle tibiae with no apical furrow for receiving 

 the tarsi. Hind tarsi long ; fore tarsi most 

 often longer. 



a. Head oval; ante-ocular and post-ocular parts 



equally long ; antenniferous tubercles con- 

 tiguous. Eyes not prominent beyond the 

 hind part of the head. First joint of the 

 antennae much longer than the second. Fore 

 wings extending a little beyond the tip of 

 the abdomen. - Micrauchenus. 



b. Head oblong, or elongated ; antenniferous 



tubercles remote. Eyes prominent, more or 

 less prominent beyond the post-ocular part 

 of the head. 



* First joint of the rostrum not or a little shorter 



than the ante-ocular part of the head. Disk 



of the fore lobe of the prothorax unarmed, 

 f Post-ocular part of the head hardly or a little 



longer than the ante-ocular. 

 X Head narrowly oval, a little longer than the 



half of the prothorax, with a rather acute 



tubercle on each side before the eyes ; post- 

 ocular part rather thick, perceptibly tapering 



hindward, the basal neck cylindrical and 



extremely short. First joint of the antennae 



short, slightly thickened, more slenderat the 



base, a li i tie longer than the ante-ocular part 



of ihe head ; second about twice longer than 



the first. Prothorax slightly straightened at 



a little before the middle, a little depressed ; 



apical angles with a stout spine or acutely 



conical tubercle extending obliquely forward 



and outward. Fore wings extending some- 

 what $ beyond the tip of the abdomen. 



Legs moderate; fore femora somewhat 



thickened, as long as the hind femora ; 



fore libias almost straight, acute at the tips, 



and slightly obliquely curved outward, 



having a longitudinal groove for receiving 



the tarsi; middle tarsi longer than the fore 



tarsi and a little shorter than the hind tarsi. Ponerobia. 



