\^}P^ ,X)J THE T^l^ITED STAl'^S. 1^^ 



lov sub-genus, -vvLicli "vvourd very properly JirFaT}ge.i>D> 

 ider (raniaiariis. 



Genus ^LEPIDlCTYLia 



Essential Character. 



AntertncB four -jointed, furnislied beneath witli pin?- 

 ^ose cilise, intermediate ones witli an accessory seta 

 placed at tip of the third joint. Cl^peus produced be-, 

 tween the bases of the intermediate antennae and a-, 

 v^ute, Feet^ tvv o anterior pairs simple, equal, third and 

 fourth subequal, didactyle, fingers lamelliform: fe- 

 maiuing feet spinous without nails., 



^atiirarCharacter. 



Updy compressed-oval. 



Head distinct, subquadrate, extended into k shoft 

 ^cute rostrum between the intermediate antennae : an- 

 'tenncB subequal, four-jointed, inferiores rather lon- 

 ger, incurved, second and third joints dilated be- 

 neath, compressed, and ciliated beneath with plumose^ 

 elongated hairs, these two joints wJien at rest form a 

 continued oval, the former is dolabriform, terminal se- 

 ta eight-jointed, verticillate, sujJeriores porrected, ba- 

 jgjil joint dilated, depressed, second one mnch smaller^ 

 placed on the inner tip of the preceding, and w ith that 

 joint furnished with plumose cilise beneath, third joint 

 I3iuch smaller than the second, and furnished at* ther 

 tip with a ti'iarticulate accessory seta, parrillcl x^itlii 



