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large; 1 humeral. 1 prcsutural small. 1 small supra-abr, 2 

 post-ahrs. 4 scutellars. 2 noto-, i mcso-, i stemo-plcural pres- 

 ent Abdomen normal. Legs long, more or le^ character- 

 titkally developed in male; cbws neariy straight: pulvtlU 

 wanting. Wings normal with post .c. v. straight but oblique. 



A well-marked genus based on the tufted arrangement of 

 the facial bristles which are not situated on the sides of the 

 face a«t is usual with the Kphydridae. but are confined to a tuft 

 on the hump between the antenmc. Only one, the following 

 s|jecies, is known. 



Cimtia gigantca n. ip. 



RUck with yeOow hakeresi wMtslBc cohwtd, mo&df tawny lo hrmni 

 pruinosc. PracMal ^te shtniag. bhiirfi grMii. sparingljr dnlcd wkh 

 brown, with an cloofaic. narrow indcataltoa JMi before the oocUbt 

 tubercle, ckubcd with tboft. appresMd batrs; orbits very narrow, opske. 

 brown prainoM with two orbitab in a scrlts of fine sctalac: frontalia 

 distinct opakc. velvety brownitb-bbck. mmdk Skttd ala riod y. Pace 

 opake, goMcn brown with a shiaiag mttilHc ipol bet w on ttimtin' 

 fovcac above; bristlr* a* loof as face; oral dlta few. long. latcraQy< 

 Check* coocok>rooa. about ooe-third the bdgbt of bead. Antennae with 

 third jonn slightly longer than wide, conical; ariita bare, exoepi the 

 thkkencd baMi third p^bcaocnL 



Ifctonotnm ihiahig. bnt nwee or less o b sc nr ed by brown dnit: an 

 appcwdBMitcd anterior pair and a widely teparalcd poetcrier pair of 

 gr^rish stripes which are more or lets opake in certain aspects. Sen- 

 tdlnni cooeolorotts, convex, with a few anrginal hairs which are hooked 

 at their ends. Pleurae below and nctaaomni grayish. Abdomen 

 somewhat shlniaCi g to ncous green with hmg. hooked hsirs apicafly; of 

 male narrower than thorax, rather long, with scg. >4 snbeqial. s abont 

 one and one>half times as long as 4. triuignlar. rather acute apicaOy ; of 

 female wider and shorter in proportion. Legs with anterior coxae 

 silvery gray ; all femora greenish-tinged and brownish, distincthr haired ; 

 male fore tani widely dilated and fbttened. post-tibiae with an apical, 

 lateral flexor tuft of kmg. hooked bristh Kke hairs, its basal tarsus 

 somewhat fUnencd and ciKate 00 bteral flexor margin, also evident on 

 the next joint; extensor surface of post-ttbiae narrowly polished. 

 Wings brownuh with costal s e c t ion s 1 and a and veins 1 and a yellow. 

 Length 7-9 nun. 



Hohtype.^i, Cbhassct, Mass. Sept 8. 1904. (Type No. 

 6072. A. N. S. P.) 



Paratvtfs. — ^ 9 with same data. 



