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Aglaotoma, Forster. 



Four species that evidently belong to this genus may be 

 recognized as follows : — 



Females. 



Species black, except sometimes the metathorax and 



abdomen basally 2. 



Species more or less pale rufous or brown. 

 Pale rufous, the occiput dusky. 



Antennae longer than the body, the eight terminal 

 joints very slightly thicker than the preceding, the 

 last joint one half longer than the penultimate ; 

 cup of scutellum very small, narrowed into a carina 



anteriorly, its disk wholly foveated A. pallida. 



Head black, thorax dark brown, abdomen, legs, and 

 first four flagellar joints pale rufous. 

 Antennae not longer than the body, the seven 

 terminal joints slightly thicker than the preceding, 

 the last joint one third longer than the penultimate ; 

 cup of scutellum elliptic, not narrowed into a carina 

 anteriorly, its disk foveated, but divided into two 

 parts by a transverse carina, the anterior part the 



larger A. variabilis. 



2, Wholly black; legs and six basal joints of antennae 

 yellowish. 

 Antennae much longer than the body, the seven 

 terminal joints thicker than the preceding, the last 

 joint a little shorter than the penultimate ; cup of 

 scutellum elliptic, not narrowed into a carina 



anteriorly, its disk areolated A. longicornis. 



Metathorax, abdomen basally, and legs pale rufous or 

 brownish yellow. 

 Antennae scarcely longer than the body, the seven 

 terminal joints thicker than the preceding, the last 

 joint not longer than the penultimate ; the cup of 

 scutellum small, elliptic, not narrowed into a carina 

 anteriorly, its disk smooth, polished, with a small 

 fovea posteriorly A. hasalis. 



Males. 



Species black 2. 



Species pale rufous. 



Third antennal joint slightly longer than the fourth, 

 the joints beyond about four times as long as thick; 



