nir. i.mm \ n re st vti: of the odcxnata. 



13. EPITHECA SPEC. 



\ I. Fia. i. 



Two nympha skins Erora Bee Spring, Kentucky, Juno. 1874, from Mi'. 

 F. ii. Sanborn. Length, 23 mm. ; breadth, 9 nun. 



Body oblong, truncate, a little enlarged behind ; head short, diamond- 

 shaped, a little narrower than the abdomen (7 nun.), about half as long as 

 broad, the tore part angular, formed by the palpi; eyes blunt, slightly 

 prominent ; the transverse line behind the eyes with a slight curve on 

 each side of the vertex, which is round, the ocelli very slightly indicated ; 

 forehead flat, square, anteriorly Went up a little, with small hut numerous 

 spines ; part- behind the transverse line covered with scabrous patches, and 

 on occiput with some curved bands; antenna 1 reaching the lower margin of 

 the palpus; basal joints a little thicker, Sd to 7th a little longer, joints about 

 equal ; mask extending between front legs, spoon-shaped, as long as broad ; 

 basal part four times broader in front than at the base ; front border triangu- 

 larly produced, obtuse-angular; palpi large, triangular, with a basal ridge; 

 edge about straight with 6 or 7 interlocking strong teeth. Prothorax very 

 short, narrower than the head, slightly rounded behind, flat, with a small 

 rim behind; stigmata free; wing cases reaching the 6th segment ; sides of 

 the thorax scabrous. Abdomen, length once and a half breadth, flat-con- 

 vex above, oblong, segment 9 sloping and truncate ; the segments of about 

 equal length, the last very short, annuliform, inserted entirely in the 9th ; 

 lateral spines on s sgments 8 and 9 flat and enlarged at base, sharp, a little 

 incurved, longer on 9th ; lateral part of those segments scabrous, and with 

 short bristles on the inside of the spines ; dorsal hooks on 2d to 9th segments 

 strong, bent on tip; the last three short and blunt, on the 9th rudimen- 

 tary; appendages as long as the last two segments, thick at base, the in- 

 feriors sharp, a little longer than the median ; the laterals as much shorter 

 than the median, sharply pointed ; longitudinal ventral sutures straight, 

 ending inside of apical tip of 9th, the spaces of about equal breadth ; basal 

 lateral angle of segments 3d to 5th separated triangularly by an elevated 

 ridge ; ventral apical border of 9th, with a fringe of hairs. Legs widely 

 separated, long, strong; femur of hind legs about straight, reaching the 

 7th segment; legs blackish, femur and tibia in the middle and on tip have 

 a luteous ring; tarsus long, first joint on hind legs little shorter than 



