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MICTIS. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Caput ad oculos in thoracem intrusum: verter ocellis 
duobus transversim dispositis: antenne filiformes 
4-articulate, articulis cylindricis, equalibus, aut 
primo sublongiore. 
- Pedes anteriores consimiles, postici femoribus incras- 
satis, tibiisque interne dilatatis: tars: ommes triarti- 
culati, articulo primo reliquis conjunctis longiore. 
Corpus elongatum, supra planum: thoraa trigonus 
antice valde angustatus: abdomen lateribus dilatatis. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head immersed even to the eyes within the thorax; ver- 
tex with two ocelli placed transversely ; antenne filiform, 
_ four-jointed, joints cylindric, equal, or with the first joint 
rather longer. 
Anterior four feet alike in size and form; hinder ones 
with thick thighs and with the internal side of the tibiz di- 
lated ; tarsi all three-jointed, the first joint longer than the 
other two conjoined. 
Body elongate, flat above; thorax triangular, very nar- 
row in front; abdomen with dilated sides. 
