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AMMOTHEA. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Corpus 4-articulatum segmentis omnibus pedigeris, 
antico in processum capitiformem producto, tuber- 
culum oculis duobus utrinque distinctis gerentem. 
Rostrum cylindricum, tubulosum, corpore longius, cor- 
poris segmento antico inferné annexum. 
Mandibuleé rostro multo breviores, biarticulate, arti- 
culis equalibus, secundo didactylo, digitis arcuatis 
apice conniventibus. 
Palpi rostro longiores 9-articulati, sub mandibulis in- 
serti; articulo tertio longissimo. 
Pedes octo; covis 3-articulatis, articulo medio longiore ; 
femoribus 1-articulatis ; tides articulis duobus, primo 
sub-breviore ; ¢arsis biarticulatis subtus spinulosis, 
articulo primo minimo; wrguebus duplicatis, ine- 
qualibus. 
Obs. Organa ovifera 9-articulata, pone rostrum sub 
pedibus anticis fere mserta. 
AMMOTHEA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Body four-jointed, each segment bearing feet ; the first 
produced into a head-like process, bearing a tubercle, on 
each side of which are two distinct eyes. 
Rostrum cylindric, tubular, longer than the body, and 
attached to the under part of the first segment. 
Mandibles much shorter than the rostrum, composed of 
