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DIITEKA 



twice as long as the win^'. Ahdomeii oiitireU' mpnihranuus, except tor a rinjjj around tlie s^jland opening 

 of the fifth segment. 



Geographical distrlbution of species. — .\ sinylc ni\ rinecophilous species froin Te.x.is has 

 been desciihod. 

 I. A. Mflttiiilfii. Hrues, The .\moi. Naini. \"ol J(), y. 373 (1902) (l'. S. .\.. Texas). Plate 2, Fig. 9. 



20. Genus XANIONOTUM, Brues 



Xanlonotum. Mrues. The .\mer. Xatur. \V)1. 37(1 (uioj). 



Characters. — Female [male unknown). Head hroad. onc and one half times as wide as the 

 dorsuia ot liie thoiax, rounded triangnlar in shape, twice as wide as long when seen from above. Four 

 macrochaets 011 the middle of the froiu. cme on each side, half-way toward the eye, another just in front 

 of the eye, one at posterior angle, a pair ot inediaii marginal and two widely separated discal ones. 

 Antennae spherical, their cavities very shallow. Kyes veiy small, ocelli wanting, cheeks bristly. 

 Thorax rounded, suddenly narrowed hehind. Dorsocentrals ])resent. Scutellum small, without bristles. 

 Legs slendei . the tarsi long, tibial spurs of foui posterior legs vvell developed. Wings nearly as long 

 as the widtli nt tlu> thorax, hand-shaped, the costal bristles longer than the wing. .^bdomen membranous, 

 with four transNerse rows of enormous macrochaeta- above. 



Geographical distribution of species. Hut one species is known. 

 I. X. hystrix. Brues. The .\mci. Xatiii. \ Ul. 3(i, p. 37() ( 1902; (V . S. A., Texas). — Plate, I, Fig. 14. 



21. Genus WANDOLLECKIA, Cook 



\A/andolleckia. ('ook. Science. (n. ser. ) \'ol. (). p. S86 (1897). 



Characters. Femalc imale unkxwww . Completely apteroiis. K\es verv small, ocelli absent. 

 Thorax ver\ Miiall, abdomen with seven segments. Third antennal joint spherical, with apical arista. 

 Pulvilli pectinated. Empodia pulvilliform. (icncial appearance similar tn Pulicipltora. 



It is (]uile jjossible that whcii llic niale is discoverod. it will prove not to be separable from 

 Huliciplwra . 



Geographical distribution of species. — {)nl\ a single species has been descrihed. 

 I. W . C.riihi. Hmc>. riaTi>. .\iiici. ICnt. >ot'. \'i)l. j<i. p. 392 ( i()04) (West .Africa). 



22. Genus TERMITOXENIA, WaSMANN 



Termitoxenia. Wasmaiin, /eilschi. f. wiss. Zool. h~ . )). (kji (1901). 



Characters. — Femalc {male unknowii) ( 1 ). Suh-aj^terous species, thc miiigs \erv small, straight, 

 not longer than the heighl of the thorax. Head and llioiax chitinized, sinall. .Abdomen very large, 

 swollen, white and membranous. Mesonotum quadrate. Halteres small but distinct. .■Antenna^ spherical. 

 with apical arista which is finelv pnbescont. Kyos mucli lechiced. Pioboscis horn\-. elongated. palpi 



n 



I i.^annot anrce with Wasinunn in believin^ that inulcs ot tlicsc two m-ni*ni <in not cxisl ;iltliou(,'li they have never licen hmnil. 



