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♦Second abdominal segment as long as or longer than the 

 next two together. 

 Prothorax bisinuate at the base. 



^Vuterior and iutermdiate tibiaj bicalcarate Hcdi/opis. 



Anterior and intermediate tibia3 with a single spur Erytcnna. 

 Prothorax rounded at the base. 



Eyes coarsely faceted Gcrynassa. 



Eyes linely faceted. 

 Intermediate coxjb remote. 



Kostrum cylindrical througliout Cydmaa. 



Rostrum broader at the apex Uicomada. 



Intermediate coxaj approximate. 

 Scrobes running to the eye. 



Kostrum slender, bropder at the apex .... Puryzeta. 

 Rostrum stouter, cylindrical througliout . . Xeda. 



Scrobes running beneath the rostrum Olancea. 



Funicle G-jointed Atdyllis, 



" EUGNOMIDES." 



Rostrum abruptly connected with the head. 



Femora pedunculate Meriphus, 



Femora not pedunculate. 



Anterior coxEe contiguous Myosita. 



Anterior coxa) not contiguous Orpha. 



Rostrum gradually continued to the head. 



Scape attaining the eye Phre7iozemia. 



Scape passing to the posterior border of the eye Cyttalia. 



AGESTliA. 

 Rostrum tenue, arcuatum ; scrobes submedianae, paulo obliquae, 

 Sca-piis oculum attingeus ; funiculus 7-articiilatus, articulo primo 

 ampliato, caetcris brevioribus, obconicis ; clava distincta. Oculi 

 ovati, fortiter granulati. Prothorax subtransversus, basi perparum 

 bisiniuitus, lobis ocularibus nuUis. * Elytra oblongo-cordiformia, 

 prothorace paulo latiora. Coxce intermediae baud approximatse. 

 Fmiora crassa, subtus emarginata, obsolete dentata ; tihioe anticae 

 C't intermedise fere recta3, apice mucronata), posticae subflexuosse ; 

 tarsi articulo tertio anguste bilobo, quarto elongato. Abdomen 

 segmeiitis duobus basalibus brevibus, sccimdo tertio quartoque 

 eonjunctim manifeste breviore, sutura prima obsolcta. Cor^jus 

 escpiamosum. 



The insect forming the type of this genus is remarkable for 

 the shortness of the two basal abdominal segments — the second, 

 however, owing to its close union with the first, being very 

 indistinctly limited. The genus seems to have more affinity 

 with Dorytomus than with any other. The facets of the eyes 

 are very minute ; but, as only about ten or so may be counted 



* 1 have omitted to mention the scutellum in this and some other 

 genera, as in the Erirhininic (and oftentimes in other Cumdionidaj) it is 

 very small, and, unless the scales arc rubbed off, it is ol'ten difficult to 

 ascertain its Ibrm. 



