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and anterior edges abruptly deflexed, tlic inferior corners forming a 

 prominent angle; mandibles arising close to the eyes, unarmed, sud- 

 denly curved near the base. Proboscis ^vhen folded extending to the 

 base of the abdomen, slender; maxillary palpi flattened, first and second 

 joints equal, third and fourth a little shorter and nearly equal, fifth not 

 one-half as long as the fourth, sixth minute and much narrower than the 

 fifth, third and fourth joints with a dense fringe of long fine pubescence 

 on the lower edge; basal joints of the labial palpi slender, with a narrow 

 membranous margin, first joint ciliate and not half the length of the 

 second joint. An oval enclosure on the base of the posterior tibiae ; the 

 scopa long and loose ; pul villus of the usual size. Stigma of the anterior 

 wings small; marginal cell lanceolate, not appendiculate ; second sub- 

 marginal cell quadrate, the recurrent nervure received between the 

 middle and the apex; third submarginal cell twice as long as broad, 

 narrowed one-half towards the marginal ; limb of the wing moderately 

 punctured; externo-medial nervure abruptly bent; anal lobe of the 

 posterior wings equalluig the submedial cell in length. The lateral line 

 on the abdominal segments slightly impressed; disk of the sixth seg- 

 ment with a glabrous, elevated area of a subtriangular form, the sides 

 of the apical portion of the area being parallel and the apex obtuse ; on 

 each side of the tip of this area the apical segment armed with an erect, 

 recurved spine; ventral segment fringed with long loose pubescence. 



^, The ciliation on the third and fourth joints of the maxillary palj^i 

 very short and not conspicuous. Antennae no longer than in the female. 

 Enclosure at the base of the posterior tibiae not distinct ; posterior legs 

 elongate, the femora swollen, the pubescence short. Apical segment of 

 the abdomen with no glabrous area and the tip not armed ; pubescence 

 of the abdomen short. 



B. Clypeus elevated ; ocelli in a triangle ; clypeus of the male mostly 

 yellow. Maxillary palpi not flattened ; basal joints of the labial palpi 

 broadly wing-margined, the first joint the longest. Pubescence of legs 

 not conspicuously plumose. Stigma obsolete ; marginal cell not pointed 

 at apex, not greatly elongated ; third submarginal cell not longer than 

 broad and not much narrowed towards the marginal ; origin of the first 

 recurrent nervure opposite the origin of the cubital nervure. Pubes- 

 cence of the wings confined to patches upon the basal or costal portions, 

 and deciduous ; limb of the wing coarsely punctured, and traversed by 

 distinct lines free of punctures representing the continuation of the cu- 

 bital and externo-medial nervures. Basal lobe of the posterior wings not 

 attaining the middle of the submedial cell. 



Habeopoda Smith. 

 Type : H. ezonata Smith. 



Smith distinguished this genus from AnthopJtora by the following 

 characters : the shorter labium, the proportions of the palpi [but accord- 

 ing to his description of the palpi the two genera do not differ], the 

 longer antennae of the male, the first recurrent nervure uniting with the 



