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C. Hind coxje elongate. 



D. Hind tarsi with claws elongate slender 



and simple. 



E. Basal four joints of front tarsi of 



male together much longer than 



apical process of tibia. 



F. Intermediate claws similar to hind 



claws 

 FF. Intermediate claws short (in 

 male thickened and with long 

 appendages) 

 EE. Basal four joints of front tarsi to- 

 gether shorter than apical process 

 of tibia 

 DD. Hind tarsi with short claws. 

 E. These claws simple 

 EE. These claws appendiculate 

 CC. Hind coxte short and parallel. 

 D. Eyes free or nearly so 

 DD. Front part of eyes divided by a 

 canthus 



Phyllotocufi. 

 PhuUotocidium, gen. n. 



Oheirrhamphica, gen. n. 



Neophyllotocu<, gen. n. 

 Cheiragra. 



Diphucephala. 



Epholcis. 



PHYLLOTOCUS. 



Many of the species of this genus are incapable of certain 

 identification where comparison of types is not feasible. Unfor- 

 tunately 30 names are attributed to it. In Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 N.S.W., I., pp. 80 ifec, the late Sir W. Macleay published a review 

 of the then existing names and added nine more, but although 

 he complained of the imperfection of Boisduval's descriptions 

 his own descriptions were of the same kind as Boisduval's, — one 

 of them consisting of eight words of Latin and 13 of English in 

 which no definite character is mentioned apart from color, and 

 the rest are not much better. I have had the advantage of 

 examining some of Sir W. Macleay's types and therefore am in 

 a position to attempt a contribution towards the elucidation of 

 the genus. In Trans. Ent. Soc, KS.W., II., p. 187, Sir W. 

 Macleay described two additional species, and in P.L.S., N.S.W., 

 1887, p. 225, another. 



Although most of Boisduval's descriptions are in my opinion 

 incapable of being definitely attributed to any particular species 

 it seems to me desirable, as Sir W. Macleay has applied them to 

 species in his collection, to accept his identifications and to let 

 the insects in question bear Boisduval's names. These names are 

 pr^eusta, riifipennis, australis, and mcestus. The first of them 

 {prcBusta) Sir W. Macleay regards (correctly I think) as a syno- 

 nym of Mac/eayi, Fischer, which last is a species that can be 

 confidently identified. Boisduval described another species 

 {Lottini) which he referred to Phyllotocus only with doubt and 

 which Sir W. Macleay believed to be a Liparetrus ; it certainly 

 may be disregarded. 



