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rugose, with two transverse impressed lines ; fore border arched ; sides and 

 hind border slightly rounded. Legs rather short ; fore femora and fore 

 tibiae unarmed ; middle femora and middle tibiae with a row of stout spines 

 beneath ; hind femora shorter than the body, with bristles and a row of 

 stout spines beneath ; hind tibiae as long as the hiud femora, with a row of 

 very stout spines above. Wings as long as the body. 



ANONISTUS OBLITERANS. 



Mas. Testaceus ; antenna nigricante annulate ; pedes fusco conspersi ; 

 alee cinerea ; alee antica sectoribus nonnullis fuscis. 



Male. Testaceous. Antennae with mauy blackish rings. Legs 

 speckled with brown. Wings cinereous ; some of the transverse veins of 

 the fore wings brown. Length of the body 12 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 27 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by Dr. Busk. 



Genus CLISIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput breve ; fastigium lanceolatum, 

 excavatum ; frons subobliqua. Gculi rolundi, valde prominuli. Palpi 

 graciles; articulus apicalis subclavatus. Antennae graciles, basi incrassatae, 

 corpore plus duplo longiores. Prothorax postice sublatescens, margine 

 antico subelevato, lateribus margineque poslico subrotundatis. Cerci 

 breves. Styli cercis longiores. Pedes longiusculi, tibiis quatuor anteriori- 

 bus femoribusque uniseriatim spinosis, tibiis posticis quadriseriatim spinosis. 

 Ala? minima?. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head short ; tip of the vertex lan- 

 ceolate, excavated ; sockets of the antennae forming a ridge on each inner 

 side; front slightly oblique. Eyes round, very prominent. Palpi slender ; 

 apical joint subclavate. Antennae slender, incrassated at the base, more 

 than twice the length of the body. Prothorax widening slightly hindward, 

 with two transverse impressed lines ; fore border arched ; sides and hind 

 border slightly rounded. Cerci short. Styles longer than the cerci. 

 Legs rather long ; hind femora longer than the abdomen, with a row of 

 stout spines beneath ; four anterior femora and tibiae with a row of shorter 

 spines ; hind tibiae as long as the hind femora, with four rows of spines, the 

 upper spines longer than the lower spines. 



1. Clisis annulicornis. 



Mas. Testaceus ; caput postice piceum testaceo quadrilineatum ; antenna 

 nigricante fasciata ; prothorax vittis duabus piceis latis valde exca. 

 vatis ; abdomen ferrugineum ; pedes anteriores nigricante fasciati ; 

 femora postica extus nigricante punctata. 



Male. Testaceous. Head piceous along the hind border, this hue 

 including four pale testaceous longitudinal lines. Antennae pale testaceous, 

 with numerous blackish bands. Prothorax with two piceous broad stripes, 

 which are much excavated. Abdomen and rudimentary wings ferruginous. 

 Hind femora with a row of blackish points on the outer side; four anterior 

 femora and tibiae with a few blackish bands. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



