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hairy on the crown ; maxillary palpi long and stout ; abdomen short, with 

 two large horny lobes at the apex in the male; wings long and narrow, 

 four posterior tibiae with two pair of long spurs, first pair approaching the 

 base in the intermediate, and below the middle in the others. 



1. gracilipes Curt. 



5' s lines : pale fuscous; antennas whitish, annulated with black ; head gri- 

 seous ; eyes black ; wings lanceolate, superior glossy ochreous; legs slen- 

 der, pale dull fulvous. 



2. latipes Curt. 



6 lines : similar to the last, but the wings are narrower, the superior more 

 rounded, the inferior more pointed ; abdomen carneous ; intermediate tibiae 

 and tarsi dilated. 



Gen. 760 c . Agapetus Curt. 



Antennae not longer than the body, stout and divaricating ; abdomen of 

 male with a long incurved spine arising from the centre of the belly ; apex 

 acuminated in the female; wings comparatively short and rounded ; four 

 posterior tibiae with two pair of strong spurs, one pair at, the other above 

 the apex. 



1. fuscipes Curt. 



5 lines <? : black ; superior wings and tips of inferior ochreous fuscous, 

 iridescent, nervures darker; head and thorax with shining griseous hairs ; 

 legs fuscous ; trochanters ochreous. 



2. ochripes Curt. 



5i lines ° : similar to the last ; the antennae are rather longer and more 

 slender; the head, thorax and body are subcastaneous, and the legs pale 

 ochre, basal joint of intermediate tarsi dilated elliptical. 



3. funereus? Oliv. Geoff. Lat. Hist. Nat. v. 13. p. 93. 30. 



Gen. 760 d . Agraylea CurL 

 Antennae not longer than the body, rather stout and filiform ; head rather 

 broad; abdomen short; wings long, narrow and pubescent ; anterior legs 

 stout, the others slender ; four posterior tibiae with long jpurs at the apex, 

 intermediate with one at the middle, hinder with a pair above the apex. 



1. 6-maculata Curt. 



4 lines : ochreous ; antennae fuscous, except at the base ; superior wings 

 pale fuscous, with two whitish spots on the costa, two bands towards the 

 apex, and two oblong spots on the inferior margin of the same colour. 



2. multipunctata Curt. 



4 lines : fuscous ; crown of head griseous ; superior wings with a long ochre- 

 ous spot beyond the stigma, with several small ones on the posterior margin 

 anil along the centre to the base, two oblong ones on the inferior margin 

 and two at the base of the cilia; face, abdomen and legs fulvous. 



Gen. 761. Hvdroptila Dal. 

 4-. sparsa Curt. 

 3 lines : fuscous black ; antennae and legs fulvous ; head gray ; superior 

 wings with a silvery white spot on the middle of the costa, another oppo- 

 site, the margin between this and the base with an interrupted whitish line, 

 and beveral minute dots of the same colour round the apex. 



2. Vcclis Curt. 

 3} lines : fuscous j head whitish or ochreous ; superior wings with an ochre - 

 OU» spot near the base, an angulated band across the middle, a spot on the 



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