l'AM. IMK iKID.V: i3 



chaeta; soinetiines ahsent. Anleiina' splicrical. placed in deep ca\ ities. li\ cs smailer thaii usual, (listinctl\ 

 haiiy. Ocelli laige. cheeks eacii with a pair of bristles. Palpi hiistly at thc tips. .\bdomen noinial in 

 both sexes. I.egs slender, without any bristles of stout haiis. Tibial spurs obsolete or wanting. Third 

 vein of «inffs not furcatc. 



Type species : .1/. galiata. Halida\. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Only two species occur, in Euiopc and North 

 America. 



1. M. ffalfalii. Ilalida\. Hnt. .Maj;. \'ol. i, p. lyy i83Jj (Euiope). 



I'. oligoiieiiiti, Mik. Verh. Zool.-bot. Gos. Wieii. Vol. 17, p. 414 11867J. 



1). liraueri. Strobl, KunJe am Seitenst 1 iStio^ 



/.. perpttsilla. Si.x. 'lijdschr. v. Hnt. Vol. 21 p. 186 1878 . 



2. M. I^athvcoiitivlae. Hnies, Tiai);-. .Xiiicr. Knl. Soc. \"ol. 2q. p. 384 (1904) (U. S. X., Texas). 



13. Genus PLATYPHORA, Verrall 



Platyphora. \'criall, Journ. i.iiin. Sor. I.ninl. Zool. Vol. i3, p. 25g (1S77). 



Characters. — Hody hroad aiid inuch Hattened, withont any maciochaeta'. riiorax Iransverse. 

 abdomen sinall. lliinl vein simple. costa weakly ciliated at hase. Inoiit veiv hroad. ihe eyes scarcelv 

 occupying oncsixth the width of the head. Antennie with thc third jdint rather laige. somewhat 

 vounded. Scutclhim margined, nearly hnir times as wide as loni;. I.egs stoutish, middle tihiac w ith two 

 small spines at the tip. h^irst veiii cnding just before the third which is not furcate. 



1 liave never seen specimens of this genus, and the chaiacters aie drawn from VeiralTs original 

 description. It is ijuite probahlc that this is thc male of the next senus. 



Geographical distribution of species. — The single species is from England. 

 I. 1'. LiMuH-ki. \'errall. Journ. Linii. Soc. Lond. Zool. Vol. i3, )i. j5<) (1877) (Ent;land). 



14. Genus >ENIGMATIAS, Meinert 



Aenigmatias. \|pincrt, I^nt. Mcddel. ( i8qoi. 



Characters. — Body hroad and Hat. Ilead largc and fiec. .Aiitenna' and mouUiparts of the 

 usual type. Thorax not divided, and the lirst se.!.;inent of the abdomen fiised with the second, the follo- 

 wing .segments ticc, mibricate. Wings and halteres entirely absent. Legs slender, clavvs delicate. 

 Antenna- shoit. spherical, with a very long, baie ansta. Palpi slightly clavate, bristly. Proboscis very 

 small, the labella not distinct. Anterior femoia \pr\ large. the posterior ones conical. Abdomen 

 compressed, composed of four or five free segmciits. 



(^nly wingless iemales bcloiiging to this genus aie known. Ihey probabiy lepiesent the opposite 

 sex ot PlaUfliora . In appeaiance tliey resemhle minute i Mckroaches. 



Type species : .7^. Maltoidcs. Mcinert. 



Geographical distribution of species. — 



1. .^:. blattoitlis. Meineri, Ent. Meddel. Vol. 2 (i8ou) (Europe. Denmark). 



2. Ai. Schzfartzii. ( Ocjuillett. Canad. Ent. Vol 25. p. 21 (ioo3i (.'\nierica, Ari;"'^;.^. 



