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Explanation of Plate XVI. 



Fig. 1. Sycoscaptella ? quadri-setosa, Westw., female. 

 1 a. Mandible of ditto. 

 1 b. Maxillary and labial palpi of ditto. 

 1 c. Labium and its palpi of ditto. 

 1 d. Antenna of ditto. 



1 e. Ovipositor of ditto (basal portion). 



If. Extremity of one of the sheaths of ditto. 

 2. Apocrypta perplexa, Coq., male. 



2 a. Front of head of ditto, from above. 

 2 b. „ ,, from below. 

 2 c. Basal portion of head, from above. 

 2d. ,, ,, from below. 

 2 e. Extremity of abdomen of ditto. 

 2/. Eetinacula of ditto. 



2 g. Teeth of retinaculum of ditto. 



