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II. Sixth antennal joint as long, or very nearly as long, as the first. 



{F. albipes and F. elongata, known only from the short 

 descriptions of Fabricius, are not inserted in this 

 table, and the descriptions of them below are but 

 adapted translations from Fabricius's Entomologia 

 Systematica.) 



t 1. alhipes Fabr. Black ; mouth-parts pale ; antennae 

 fuscous ; posterior border of thorax, base of tegmina, 

 wings and legs whitish; abdomen shining, the bor- 

 ders of the segments reddish ; forceps small, black ; 

 of medium size. West Indies. 



t 2. himaculata Pal. Dark ferruginous ; sides of protho- 

 rax pale ; base of tegmina with a large, oval, pale 

 yellow spot; wings wholly pale yellow; antenn£e, 

 palpi, and legs brown ; forceps of $ small, simple, 

 slender, incurved at tip. Body 12™"; forceps 2.5'"". 

 St. Domingo. 



3. Fercheroni Guer. Head, thorax, and legs tawny; an- 

 tennae brownish, with two middle joints tawny; 

 tegmina and abdomen black, the former with a large, 

 basal, yellow spot, not reaching the suture ; wings 

 ; yellow at base, black at tip ; forceps rather stout, 



simple, incurved. Body 18.5'"'"; forceps 4""°. De- 

 scribed from Cayenne, but is presumed to have been 

 found in Massachusetts in a single instance, since 

 there is a specimen in the Harris collection (de- 

 scribed bv me as Sponqophora Mpunctata), catalogued 

 "May 20^ 1827, from Z. Cook, esq." 



1 4. luguhris Dohrn. Shining piceous; i)alpi and antennse 

 reddish-brown; prothorax narrower than the head, 

 yellow on the sides and at extreme hind border ; teg- 

 mina a little longer than the prothorax; wings with 

 a yellow dot at end of inner margin ; legs ferrugi- 

 nous ; forceps of male about half as long as the body, 

 slender, bent a little inward next the base, then 

 strongly outward and incurved at tip, subcristate 

 on basal third. Body 10""" ; forceps 4-6""'. Mexico. 



5. auricularia Linn. Fusco-ferruginous ; autennpe 14-15- 



jointed ; basal joint, sides of pronotura, and legs tes- 

 taceous ; tegmina and wings dull luteous, the former 

 half as long again as the pronotum ; forceps of male 

 usually as long as the abdomen, horizontal, de- 

 pressed, and dilated at the base, and beyond rather 

 strongly arcuate, tapering to a point, the extreme 

 base of inner edge tuberculatodenticulate, with a 

 distinct inner tooth at base of arcuate portion. Body 

 (average) ll""'"; forceps, S 4-8""", 9 3'""'. iS"ewYork, 

 Cuba (Para, Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, 

 Madeira). The only New York male I have seen 

 has short forceps. It is undoubtedly an introduced 

 insect. 



6. tmiiata Tiohvw. Piceous; head rufous ; antennne 12- 



jointed, rufous; mouth-parts and sides of prothorax 

 testaceous; tegmina and wings luteo-testaceous, 

 their inner margin rather broadly edged with black ; 



