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STYLOPS. 



Btylops. Kirbi/, Laircil/e, Leach, Lamarch 



Character essentialis. 



Antennce ramis compressis ; superiore articulate, 

 Tarsi 4-artjculati ; articulo ultimo fisso. 



Character Oris (observante Savigny). 



f Labrum coriaceum porrectum mobile a basi ad apicerrji 



sensim angustius." 

 " Mandihulte maxillis longiores sub labro decussantes cpr^ 



ncce angustissimae lineiires subarcuatce apice 



acutissimoe/' 

 " Maxillce magnae coriaceae cyliadracea3 lobo conico subtus 



subconcavo, basi externe palpigero instructce : 



palpi uniarticulati semi-membranacei ovali-ot|- 



longi lobo duplo majores. 

 -* Labium coriaceum paululuui porrectum, subtus carina- 



tum, basi latum ; liugula nulla terminali nee 



palpis discernendis." 



Savigny in litteris. 



Sp. 1, Sti/lops Kirbii. 

 Tab. 149. 

 As this is the only species that I have had an opportunity 

 to examine, it will be ridiculous to attempt a specific cha- 

 racter; and since it does not agree w ith the figures of Sty- 

 lops Mclittce of Kirby, I have no hesitation in naming it 

 after the first of British cntomolojiists. 



A magnified representation of a leg is given at the bot- 

 tom of the Plate, 



