1«) IlYMF.NOl'TERA. 



Genus 7- ANTIIOGLOSSA. 

 Aiithoplossn, F. Smith's MSS. 



Ilnitl transverse, oeelli i)lnee(l in a triangle on the vertex ; an- 

 tennse genirulated, tlie llagelluni .subclavate, tnineate at the apex, 

 in the nuUe the ai)i<'ul joint (hhited at the apex and hollowed out ; 

 the eh pens rounded anteriorly ; labrum coneealed, rounded an- 

 teriorh ; nnmchljles eoini)ressed or flattened, sliglitly euned in- 

 wardly, dilated at their a])ex into an oblique obtuse tooth, fnr- 

 nisheil with a minute one within; the meutum elongate, the labium 

 being aljout one-fourth of its length ; the labium slightly rounded 

 at Its apex, which is ciliated with short hau-s ; the jjaraglossae 

 nearly as long as the labium, dilated and rounded at their apex ; 

 tlie labial palpi four-jointed, the basal joint being nearly as long 

 as tlie three following united ; the maxillary palpi six-jointed, 

 each joint gradually decreasing in length, the apical one cylindric. 

 Thorax rotnndatc, the superior wings having one margmal and 

 three submarginal cells, the former truncate at the apex ; the 

 tii-st submarginal not quite so long as the two following, the 

 second longer than Inoad. its transverse nervures oblique, nearly 

 parallel, the third narrowed by one-half towards the marginal 

 cell. Abdomen elongate-ovate, the fifth segment furnished with 

 an anal fimbria. (Plate IV. Details.) 



1. AXTHOGLOSSA PLUMATA. B.M. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. — Black, the face on each side 

 clothed with hoarv i)ubescence, gradually becoming darker to- 

 wards the vertex, on which the hairs are i)ale at their base and 

 black at their apex ; the elypeus closely and strongly punctured, 

 above which is a smooth and shining triangular prominence ; the 

 labrum and mandibles ferruginous. Thorax clothed with ])u- 

 beseence of dark hue, being pale at the base and black at the 

 a])ex of the hairs ; beneath it is fulvous ; the legs dark ferru- 

 ginous, the anterior and intermediate trochanters compressed; 

 the apex of the anterior coxae armed with long obtuse spines, or 

 processes rounded at their apex ; all the legs covered \Aith ful- 

 vous pubescence, the posterior pair densely ; tegulse uigro-pice- 

 ous, ver}' smooth and shining ; the wings iusco-hyahne, slightly 

 clouded at their apex. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the basal segment 

 thinly clothed with pubescence similar to that on the thorax; the 

 second, third and fourth segments have a narrow white fascia on 

 their apical margins, the fifth densely fringed with fulvous pu- 

 bescence ; the apical segment ferruginous, having a central naked 

 space, the margins of which are raised, smooth and shining, the 

 centre closely covered with deep elongate punctures. 



