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PSrCHODIDyE. 



(said by Grassi to be sometimes darker, even nearly brown, in 

 some females). 



Head: from occiput to tip of proboscis, longer than length of 

 thorax. Vertex and occiput with long bristly hairs. Proboscis 

 elongate, rather suddenly narrowed at half its length, tip blunted. 

 Palpi two-thirds as long as the antennae ; situated beyond the last 

 of two or three small transverse bulges or folds towards the lower 

 part of the base of the proboscis. The 1st palpal joint elongate, 

 cylindrical, slightly bent at base, a little constricted below at the 

 bend, giving the appearance of a very short basal joint ; 2nd joint 

 subequal to 1st in length, a little thicker; 3rd shorter, 4tli as 

 long as the 1st. The first two bear soft hairs, the 3rd two circlets 

 of scales, the 4th covered with closely impressed small scales. 

 Antennae rather less in length than the thorax and abdomen. 1st 

 scapal joint cylindrical, a little longer than broad; 2nd flattened 



Fig. 27. 

 PJtlchotoiims papatasli , head of $, 



Fig. 28. 

 Flihhjtoimis papatasii, palpus. 



spheroidal, shorter than the 1st ; 1st flagellar joint twice as long 

 as the 2nd ; the remainder gradually diminishing, elongate-oval, 

 a little more pointed at the distal end, with a verticel of four long 

 hairs at the base of each joint, the rest of the joint irregularly and 

 much more shortly verticillate. Thorax considerably arched, 

 covered with jrellowish or yellowish grey bristly hairs ; scutellum 

 small, with concolorous hairs ; metanotura bai'e. Ahdomen closely 

 covered with short depressed concolorous hairs, and with a row of 

 longer bristly ones at the hind margins of the segments. Genitalia 

 of the male with a long 1st joint to the upper appendages, the 

 2nd joint being very slender, Avith two chaetae beyond the middle, 



