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Venation and form of wing unlike any of the Psocine (see 
figure 1) ; one six-sided discal cell present, bounded by six cells 
which are contiguous to it. Wings non-functional as to flight. 
All the legs long but hind legs especially elongate, fitted for 
jumping; the hind tibiae very long, twice as long as others. 
Larva and nymph with only two tarsal joints, adult with three. 
First tarsal joint very elongate, others subequal and very 
short. Coxae all elongate but especially so the hind coxae, 
which are much larger and longer than the others. (The hind 
coxae seem to fit into an elongate vertical pleural furrow.) 
Tibiae and tarsi spined, femora with only fine hairs. Jumps 
like the Collembola. 
Type, the following new genus :— 
Vulturops gen. nov. 
Face in profile like a vulture’s beak with large fleshy pro- 
tuberance at base; this appearance is due to the large, wide, 
rounded, convex facial tubercle, which is present as well in 
both larva and nymph. Crown of the head with long bristly 
hairs, covering also upper portion of facial tubercle. Eyes 
V) 
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Fic. 2.—Mandible. Fig. 3.—Maxillary fork 
Vulturops termitorumn.sp. (Greatly enlarged.) 
