116 ME. E. M'LACHLAN ON NEW FOEMS, ETC., 



that the female will be found to have ordinary palpi, and the 

 usual slender anterior legs ; and, in all probability, 2, 4, 4 spurs ; 

 for one spur may be reasonably supposed to be aborted in the 

 anterior male tibisD. 



Nosopus PODAGER, nov. sp. N. fuscus. Caput griseo-hirsutum. 

 Antennae flavidse, fusco-annulatse, articulo basali supra griseo, infra 

 nigro-hirsuto. Palpi raaxillaresnigro-hirsuti; labiales rufo-squamati. 

 Pedes antici rufo-fusci, tarsorutn articulo 1" infra rufo-squaniato : in- 

 termedii posticique testacei. Abdomen fuscum. Ala; griseo-fuscae, 

 subhyalina), griseo-hirsutaj : anticai ad costara marginisque interioris 

 basin breviter nigro-fimbriatse ( d )• 



Long. Corp. 3 liu. ( = 6 mill.); exp. alar. 9 lin. ( = 19 mill.). 



Hab. California (in Mus. auct.). 



Dark fuscous. Head above, and basal joint of antennae, clothed with 

 grey hairs, face and maxillary palpi with black hairs ; antennae (ex- 

 cept the basal joint) yellowish, with narrow fuscous rings ; labial 

 palpi densely clothed with reddish scales. Anterior legs reddish 

 fuscous, the lower and outer side of the first tarsal joint with dense 

 waxy-looking reddish scales ; intermediate and posterior legs testa- 

 ceous, the coxae fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, the margins of the seg- 

 ments greyish : from beneath the upper margin of the last dorsal 

 segment proceeds a shoct, broad lobe, which ends in two updirected 

 triangular poiuted branches; app. inf. short, band-like, curved in- 

 wards, the apex toothed. 

 . IVings greyish-fuscous, sparingly clothed with dark grey hairs : in the 

 anterior wings the pterostigmatical region with denser hairs ; aj)ical 

 fringes grey ; costal margin, and inner margin at the base, with short 

 blackish fringes : posterior wings with grey fringes, becoming blackish 

 at the base of the costa: veins pale grey in all the wings, (PI. II. 

 fig. 6, details.) 



I have one male, sent by Mr. H. Edwards. 



DlNARTHEtTM, gen. UOV. 



Calcaria 2, 4, 4. Antennarum articulus basalis rectus, longissi- 

 mus, corporis longitudini sequalis, irregulariter compressus, 

 utriuque fimbriis lougis, necnou ad basin spina robusta 

 instructus ; articuli cseteri breves, graciles, basalis semel 

 sumpti iongitudinem baud superantes. Palpi maxillares 

 elongati, porrecti, plumosi, 2-a.rticulati ; articulo 1° modice 

 robusto, 2° gracili, curvato : labiales pergraciles, elongati ; ar- 

 ticulo 1° brevissimo, 2° elongate recto, 3° 2° a^quali, curvato. 

 Pedes graciles. Ala) antica) ovales, squamatso hirsuttoque, sulco 

 longitudinal! elongate angustato mediano instructs); mar- 



