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Harpagones very similar to those of the preceding species. Unci 

 shorter and apparently fused and projecting from under the dorsal 

 plate, which latter bears mesally a series of stout spines along its 

 posterior margin. [PL 5, fig. 2] 



Grabhamia Theo. This genus was erected by Theobald/ and in 

 listing the spe:ies referred thereto he names first d o r s a 1 i s Meig., 

 and in his cCcount of species gives first place to j a m a i c e n s 1 s. 

 Correspondence developed the fact that he considered this latter 

 species the generic type and accordingly we adopted it.' Dr Dyar^ 

 took d o r s a 1 i s Meig. as the type of Grabhamia and erected a 

 new genus Feltidia with j a m a i c e n s i s as its type. Under the 

 conditions we prefer to accept Theobald's subsequent designation 

 of the type as authoritative and consider Feltidia a synonym of 

 Grabhamia, retaining Culicada Felt as a valid genus. 



Grabhamia jamaicensis Theo. Genitalia, male. Basal clasp 

 segment stout, tapering slightly and with a well defined apical lobe. 

 Terminal segment enormously dilated in the middle and with a 

 short, stout, apical spur. Claspette a rather prominent lobe bear- 

 ing about six stout, broad, chitinous processes and located about 

 the middle on the basal segment. Harpes apparently absent; 

 harpagones' stout, curved, with a prominent retrorse spine and 

 several stout apical teeth. Unci approximate, slightly convolute, 

 with rounded apexes. Setaceous lobes slightly developed, each 

 consisting of a long, dark, chitinous ridge each side of the median 

 line, margined posteriorly with numerous very fine spines. 



Grabhamia discolor Coq. Genitalia, male. Basal clasp seg- 

 ment short, stout, apex roimded and with a slight indication of an 

 apical lobe. Terminal segment enormously dilated in the middle 

 and with a short, stout, apical spur. Claspette a prominent lobe 

 bearing several stout, chitinous processes located just before the 

 middle of the basal clasp segment. Harpes apparently absent; 

 harpagones curved, with a rather prominent, slightly recurved 

 hook and several stout, apical spurs. Unci approximate, taper- 

 ing to a rounded tip. Setaceous lobes of ninth segment similar m 

 character, though less developed, than in G/jamaicensis. 

 [PI. 6, fig. i] 



Desvoidea panalectros Theo. Genitalia, male. Basal clasp seg- 

 ment stout, conic, tapering gradually to a rounded apex. ^ Terminal 

 clasp segment stout, arcuate and with a series of stout spines along 

 the inner margin of the apical two thirds. Claspette represented 

 by an inconspicuous basal fold bearing two stout chitinous spines. 

 Harpes apparently represented by a pair of rather stout, broad, 

 flattened processes, tapering gradually to a roimded apex. Harpa- 

 gones short, stout, terminating in an acute, recurved, blunt spme. 

 Unci closely appressed, somewhat curved with both ventral^ and 

 dorsal margin and apex strongly serrate. Setaceous lobes inde- 

 terminate. [PI. 6, fig. 2] ^ 



~ 1 J03, Th" )bald F. V. vio lo jraph of tha Ca.icidae or Mosquitos. 3 :243- 

 5 1004 Fe t. E. P N. Y. Stite \Iu5. B il. 79. o- 39i&- 



Siac; D/ar. H. G. Ent. Sjc. Wisi. Proc. 7:4? .,.,_, „ ^ <.v,o 



♦Further stady l2id5 u; t^ believe tut ti2 axrpas, rather than the harpagones. are the 



missing organs. S^e N. ^. State Maseam Balletin 79. P- 39ife. 



