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second abdominal segment, black. Breast black, spotted with 

 white. First and second pairs of thighs, except at the base, mid- 

 dle of the hind pair, and extremity of the tibiae, black. Expands 

 \\ inch to If. 



St. Thomas, W. I. 



HARRIS. 



ORMETICA CLEMENS. 



Wings opaque. Fore wings rather narrow, equal in length to 

 that of the body ; hind margio very obliquely rounded, with the 

 inner angle opposite the middle of the costa. The subcostal vein 

 is adjacent to the costa, and gives rise to a marginal nervule from 

 the disk nearly opposite the penultimate branch of the median 

 vein, and another exterior but near to the disk. The post-apical 

 arises just exterior to the second marginal nervule, and the apical 

 is bifid at its posterior third. The discal vein and the subcosto- 

 inferior arise at a common point, the former very obliquely inclined 

 to the base, but straight. The median is 4-branched. Hind wings 

 extremely short, not one-half as long as the anterior; without costal 

 vein ; subcostal vein arched, with a marginal nervule from the 

 point of origin of the discal, and bifitf at the tip much exterior to 

 the cell. Discal vein vertical. Median 3-branched. 



Head rather large, smooth, free ; with small ocelli. Face 

 tapering, smooth, vertical. Eyes rather large, prominent. An- 

 tenna wanting. Palpi curved, cylindrical, ascending to the middle 

 of the front, stout, smooth ; basal joint short, rather hairy beneath ; 

 middle joint smooth, rather thickened in the middle and about four 

 times as long as the apical joint ; terminal joint very short, ovate. 

 Tongue as long as the thorax beneath. 



Body not metallic, rather stout, equal in length to the fore 

 wings, smooth. Patagia moderate, decumbent, and overlapping 

 the meso-thorax. Abdomen tapering at the tip, more than one- 

 half as long as the body beneath. Legs smooth, rather stout ; 

 tarsi roughened with spines ; fore tibiae with a stout internal spur 

 from the base ; hind tibia? with four spurs. 



