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and Ethiopian as far south as the Cape. Two of the 

 species have also an extensive distribution, namely, A. 

 */>/tiarum, which is found almost everywhere in Europe, 

 in Japan and India, and A. rosce, which extends south 

 to the west coast of Africa. 



It is a most distinct and natural genus, not readily 

 confounded with any other, and having, it may be, 

 however, only superficial resemblances to widely 

 different groups. The antennae, for instance, resem- 

 ble those of Allantus, except that they have more 

 than nine joints. In coloration it mimics some of 

 the Hylotomce, e.g. H. rosce. In the position of the 

 basal nervure, in the shortness of the spurs, and in the 

 form and habits of the larvae it agrees with the Selan- 

 (li'utdes, while the number of joints in the antennae 

 would seem to ally it to the Phyllotomides, and the 

 angled cubital cellules and general arrangement of the 

 nervures agree best with Heptamelus. From the 

 paucity of species and their wide distribution, as well 

 as from their want of very nearly related forms, it 

 would seem as if the genus was a very old one. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1 (2) Mesonotum smooth, shining, glabrous, breast, pleura and 

 underside of the antennae luteous. Ancilla. 



(1) Mesonotum densely pubescent. 



3 (10) Abdomen entirely luteous, clypeus small, mouth white. 



4 (9) Tarsi annulated with black. 



5 (6) Middle lobe of mesonotum and underside of thorax luteous. 



Spinarum. 



6 (5) Middle lobe of mesonotum black. 



7 (8) Scutellum luteous in ? ; sternum luteous, tarsal joints luteous 



at the base ; third joint of antenna3 more than double the 

 length of fourth. Scutellarice. 



8 (7) Scutellum black in ?; sternum black, base of tarsal joints white; 



third joint of antennas not more than double the length of 

 fourth. Rosce. 



9 (4) Tibiaa partly and tarsi entirely black. Lugens. 

 10 (2) Abdomen with the basal segment black, clypeus broad, luteous. 



Annulata. 



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