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gularly arranj^od, the laterals touchiu}^ the eye; eyes very larj^e, ovate, 

 bare. 



Anteniue inserted on the elypeus, lli jointed in both sexes; in 9 ela- 

 vate, the clnb large, G-Jointed, the fnniclar Joints elonji^ate, the first the 

 longest; in S long, filif<nin. 



Maxillary palpi 4. jointed; labial pal i>i .'{Jointed, 



Mandibles tridentate. 



Thorax ovate, prodneed into a little ne(!k anttu'iorly, the prothorax 

 visible from above as an arcnate line; niesothorax with 2 distiuet 

 grooved lines; sentellnm seniicircnlar, with a ridge behind; nietanotuni 

 with a semicircular inclosed space at base, the sides oarinated. 



Front wings with the subniarginal vein distant from the costa, curv- 

 ing, and Joining it at about the middle of the wing; marginal vein 

 punctiform; the postinargiual very hmg; stiginal rather long, obli(ine, 

 ending in a little knob; basal vein distinct, with a basal cell. 



Abdomen very long fusiform, extending beyond the tip of the wings 

 when folded, the second, third, and fourth segments longer than the 

 rest, the fourth a little the shortest. 



Legs as in Macrotelcia, tibial spurs 1, 1, 1, basal joint of hind tarsi 

 about 4 times as long as the second. 



A beautiful and distinct genus, remarkable for the large, semicircu- 

 lar inclosure on the metanotum, which, in connection with the vena- 

 tion, renders the genus easy of recognition. 



Chromoteleia semicyanea, sp. nov. 



(PL IX, Fig. 3, 9.) . 



S 9. Length, 4.5 to 5""". IIea<l and thorax cyaneons, punctate; 

 abdomen sessile, very long, pointed fusiform, ochraceous, punctate, the 

 first and second segments striated ; first segment a little more than half 

 the length of the second; second and third long, equal, the three fol- 

 lowing segments shorter, subequal, the last two very minute. An- 

 tennae black, the sca])e yellow; in 9 ending in a 6-jointed club, the 

 first funiclar joint the longest, about one-half longer than the second and 

 not quite twice the length of the pedicel, the third funiclar joint sub- 

 equal with the second, the fourth a little longer than thick and stouter 

 than the third; in S subflliform, the first funicular joint twice the length 

 of the pedicel, the joints after the third, except the last, ab(mt equal in 

 length, less than twice as long as thick, the last longer, ovate. Wings 

 fuscous, the nervures brown, the marginal vein i^unctiform, the basal 

 nervure distinct, the stigmal a little curved, ending in a small knob. 



Habitat. — St. Vincent, West Indies. 



Types in British Museum and National Museum. 



Described from 1 S and 1 9 sjuicimeu collected by Herbert II. Smith. 



