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normally also pubescent ; metanotum mainly concealed, with bare 

 sides. Abdomen oblong, nai'rower than thorax and barely double 

 as long ; male genitalia prominent, in § the tip of the abdomen 

 pointed. Legs with front pair, and especially front tarsi, longer 

 and thinner than in Leptis ; front tibiae shorter than, middle pair 

 equal to, and hind tibiae rather longer than, the corresponding 

 tarsi ; front coxae rather long ; front tibiae unspurred ; middle 

 tibiae with two spurs, of which the front one is considerably the 

 longer ; hind tibiae with two nearly equal spurs ; the " touch 

 hairs " beneath the front tarsi obvious. Wings with the auxiliary, 

 1st and 2nd longitudinal veins ending at or a little beyond middle ; 

 2nd starting well before the discal cell ; 3rd beginning opposite 

 base of discal cell, forked at a more or less acute angle rather 

 soon after quitting anterior cross-vein, the branches gradually 

 diverging and embracing the wing-tip ; discal cell elongate ; upper 

 branch of 4th longitudinal vein forked at tip of discal cell ; lower 

 branch simple ; posterior cross-vein proximad of anterior cross- 

 vein ; 5th vein forked just before posterior cross-vein, the branches 

 separating widely, lower branch always curved downwards, meeting 

 6th vein at or just before wing-border, closing anal cell. 



Range. Europe, India. 



Life-history unknown. 



The genus Atrichops was unfortunately wholly overlooked by 

 me in describing the species herein referred to it, which were 

 placed in Aiherix at the time of description. Atricliops is quite 

 well founded, the species having the cheeks distinctly bare. Set 

 up by Verrall for Atherix crassipes, Mg., a European species, I 

 know of no others belonging to it except those I have myself 

 recorded from the East. 



Table of Species. 



1. Abdomen with distinct reddish or yellow 



markings 2. 



Abdomen practically all black, at most 

 a bluish-grey band at base or 1st seg- 

 ment pale yellow 5. 



2. Hind femora without distinct band near 



tip 3. 



Hind femora brownish yellow, with a 

 broad brown band before the tip 4. 



3. Basal half of abdomen tawny ; wings with 



distinct wide median band. calopa, Brum, p. 114. 



Abdomen mainly black, but reddish tawny 

 towards sides at base ; wings pale brown, 

 with indistinct darker band in middle. . . . lanopyga, Brim., p. 115. 



4. Sides of thorax yellowish grey posteriorly, 



without white stripe ; middle femora 

 black only at base and tip, hind fe- 

 mora black at base and tip in addition 

 to broad median baud limbata, O.-S., p. 115. 



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