MONOGllAni OF THE NOIJTII AMEFtlCAN rKOCTUTKYl'IDiE. 71) 

 EMBOLEMUS WcHtw. 

 (I'liil. Mug., IKil', p. ni,^.) 

 /'(>/,yp/((HH« N4H-H, Moll., II, p. :U!). 9- 



( Tyjn^ A', liiuldii Wi'Htw.) 

 (IM.v, FiK.-'. ^.) 



Ih'iMi small, siibgiobost',, pulx'sceiit; eyes .small, roiimlcd; ocelli 3, 

 distinct. 



Anteniue in <? 10 Jt)iiite(l, setaceous, much lonjicr than the body, in- 

 serted on a IVontal tubercle; tln^ sj-ape short, half the lenjith of the 

 head; pedicel small, nmnded; tlaj;ellar joints all elon}j;ate, h)n;,^er than 

 the scapi'; in 5 13 jointed, snbclavate, shorter than the body; .scape 

 short; pedicelsmall, tlaj-cllar joints to the twelfth subequal; thirteenth 

 lusiform, lonj,'»'r and stouter than the twelfth. 



Maxillary palpi 5-jointed, setaceous, slender, the tir.st joint slender, 

 slightly arcuated, the seiouil dilated, the third s'<'n<ler, the fourth 

 shorter than the third, tlu^ tifth linear, much lony;er than the fourth; 

 maxilla small, short, .subovate; labium small, narrow, subliuear; ligula 

 tiansverse, short. 



Mandibles oblong (puulrate, straight, 3 dentate, the teeth acute, 

 subequal. 



Thorax ovoid, the prothorax di.stinct, triangular, impressed laterally, 

 nuindcd anteriorly; mesonotum as broad as long, without furrows; 

 metathorax .slightly longer than high, rounded posteriorly. 



Fiont wings with a lanceolate .stigma, a marginal, two submarginal. 

 aiul thrcvi discoidal cells; the third discoidal is nearly divided into two 

 others, the transverse median not interstitial with the basal nervure; 

 in the 9 the nervures are not well developed. 



Legs rather long, the femora obclavate, the coxie large, the tarsi slen- 

 der, claws and pid villi small. 



Abdomen long ovate. 



This genus still remains to be discovered in our fauna, the species 

 described by me as such, IJ. iianutKs, being a dryiuid, belouging to the 

 genus Lahio Hal. 



jy. Ruddii Westw., the type of the genus, 1 had the pleasure of see- 

 ing in the Berlin Museuui. 



AMPULICOMORPHA Asbnicml, sen. nov. 



{Type A. coiifuaa.) 



Head globose, with a frontal protuberance for the insertion of the 

 anteuiue; eyes rather small, oval, placed at the sides, a little before 

 the middle of the head; ocelli very small, arranged in a triangle on the 

 vertex; clypeus convex, slightly projecting, the anterior nuirgin regu- 

 larly rounded; superal clypeal i)iece distiiu'tly separated by deep 

 grooved lines, extending from the base of each antenna. 



