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than the hind femora, with a stnut apical spur. Hind tarsi piceous. 

 Fore wing's brown ; coriura with pale veins. Hind wings cinereous; veins 

 black. Female. — Bauds of the abdomen connected. Hind femora less 

 incrassated than those of the male. Hind tibiae not dilated, with a testa- 

 ceous band beyond the middle. Length of the body 5^ — 6 lines. 



a, b. Para. From»Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 17. PHIDIPPUS. 



Phidippus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. 42. 



Phidippus, Flavius, Hirilcus and Perantbus are hardly sufficiently 

 different from Meropachys to be considered as genera. 



1. Phidippus asper. 



Mas. Fulvus, longiusculus ; rostrum coxas anlicas altingens; antennae 

 rufce, corpore multo breviores ; prothorax scaber, angulis posticis 

 subobtusis non prominulis ; scutellum apice flavum ; femora postica 

 incrassala, subarcuata, subtus uniseriatim spinosa ; tibia postica 

 subtus dentatce et unispinosm. 



Male. Tawny, elongate. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the fore coxae; joints nearly equal in length. Antennae red, 

 much shorter than the body ; joints from the first to the third successively 

 decreasing in length. Prothorax scabrous: a callus on each side near the 

 fore border; transverse ridge near the hind border slight; sides straight; 

 hind angles slightly obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum with a callus on 

 each side near the base and with two transverse furrows nearer the tip, 

 which is smooth and pale yellow. Four anterior femora beneath with some 

 minute spines and with a longer subapical spine on each side. Hind 

 femora incrassated, slightly curved, about half the length of the abdomen, 

 with a row of stout spines beneath. Hind tibiae a little longer than the 

 hind femora, dentate beneath, where there is one spine at a little beyond 

 the middle. Fore wings not covering the sides nor the tip of the abdomen ; 

 membrane cinereous. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 18. FLAVIUS. 



Flavius, Stal, Slett, Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 274. Of v. K. V. Ah. Fork. 1867, 

 536. Hem. Fabr. 4. 



1. Flavius lineaticornis. 

 lineaticornis, Stal, Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 275. 

 Mexico. 



2. Flavius pinguis. 

 pinguis, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 275. 

 Mexico. 



