148 = Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 
b. Eyes entire or obsoletely sinuate. 
c. Anterior edge of epistome unarmed. 
d. Mesosternum bifurcate, transverse............ 2. Aorta. 
dd. Mesosternum entire or simply notched. 
é. Hiytra tuberculate (ret. ce ee cen eae 3. Stastmus. 
ee, Elytra not tuberculate. 
f. Anterior pair of thighs enlarged and 
compressed, armed beneath with an 
aembe TOOt 5 cfay. isp eta sew! caer 4. Trichotheca. 
ff. Anterior pair of thighs of normal size. 
g. Thorax slightly transverse and 
flattened above................ 5. Xanthonia. 
gg. Thorax regularly cylindrical above. 
h. Thighs toothed beneath. 
7. Body elongate, clothed 
above with silky hairs .. 6. Lypesthes. 
77, Body oblong, clothed with 
scale-like hairs ........ 7. Neculla. 
Ah. Chips simples sag eats eee 8. Fidia. 
ec, Anterior edge of epistome armed with two flattened 
Leet yj. Gre gee wens sie an sponte ee aes crea ame 9. Aulexis. 
bb, Eyes distinctly notched. 
%, Eyes distinctly notched, elongate, reniform. 
k. Thighs armed with a stout tooth ........ 10. Brevicolaspis. 
eke Thighs SIMMple:. seks genase eee ome 2 cea oreaecere 11. Nephrella. 
jj. Eyes distinctly notched, ovate or rotundate...... 12. Habrophora. 
B. Body clothed with regular scales. 
a, Prosternum not separated from the episternum by a sutural 
groove. 
b. Anterior pair of thighs strongly incrassate; epi- 
Shomie transverse Ja. Wahine ns cer alliee ne seeds 13, Piomera. 
bb. Anterior and posterior pairs of thighs both thickened 
and nearly equal, middle pair slender; epistome 
WOO CO-SHADEU ec ,nne amos Soi sessile aise ae rears 14. Metaxis. 
bbb, Anterior pair of thighs of normal size. 
c.. Apex'of tibicesumplen sa). hee can tes ee 15. Leprotes. 
ec. Apex of one or both pairs of hinder tibiz 
notched. 
d. Scales more or less adpressed, flat, or 
only slightly curved; epistome trans- 
VOLES! (elo ates hea eee ne Cen eee 16, Demotina, 
dd. Scales suberect, strongly curved; their 
apex produced into a slender thread- 
like process. = 
e, Episternum inflexed, its surface 
looking directly downwards .17. Hemiplatys. 
ee. Episternum lateral .......... 18. Apolepis. 
aa. Prosternum separated from the episternum by a deep groove. 
f. Scales slender, of normal size ................ 19, Lepina. 
ff. Scales large, longitudinally concaye............20, Aulacolepis. 
