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CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. 



[Bull. 



1905. Metoponorthus pruinosus, Paulmier, Bull. N. Y. State 

 Mus., No. 91, p. 183. 



FIG. 82. Metoponorthus pruinosus. 



Body oblong-ovate, twice as long as wide. Head twice as 

 wide as long, with anterior margin slightly convex and antero- 

 lateral lobes small. Eyes small, composite, situated at base of 

 antero-lateral lobes. 



First pair of antennae small and inconspicuous. Second pair 

 with first joint short ; second and third each twice as long as first ; 

 fourth twice as long as third; and fifth one and a half times 

 as long as preceding; flagellum composed of two joints, the first 

 of which is twice as long as the second and, taken together, 

 almost as long as fifth peduncular joint; whole appendage ex- 

 tending as far as posterior margin of fourth thoracic segment. 



First segment of thorax a little longer than any of the others 

 which art subequal. Antero-lateral angles of first segment pro- 

 duced forward to surround the head and extending to base of 

 antero-lateral lobes of head. Epimera not distinctly separated 

 from the segments. 



Abdomen abruptly narrower than thorax. All six segments 

 distinct; first two covered laterally by the last thoracic; third, 

 fourth, and fifth segments with lateral parts not greatly expanded ; 

 sixth segment triangular in form and half as long as wide at 



