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the entire length of its crest. Harpes, basal portion finely setose, 

 extreme base broadly expanded; terminal portion smooth, falcate, 

 irregularly curved. Harpagones stout, strongly curved, tapering 

 in a large, recurved, chitinous tooth. Unci short, tapering rather 

 quickly to nearly oblique points. Setaceous lobes well developed 

 and bearing six or more stout setae. [Pi. 8, fig. i] 



Described from a specimen kindly contributed by Dr F. Meinert 

 of Copenhagen, Denmark, who states that it was from Staeger's 

 old collection. 



A male of this species kindly sent us by Dr F. Meinert of Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark, shows that the above named American species 

 noticed by Dr Smith and the writer, under the name of C u 1 e x 

 can tans Meig., is a different species. There is considerable 

 similarity between the genitalia of our American species and the 

 European form, yet they are readily separated by the conspicuous 

 linear, oblique, setaceous lobe at the base of the first clasp segment 

 and in particular by the conspicuous prolongation of the inner 

 ventral wall into a tapering process with rounded extremity, which 

 nearly meets the one arising pn the opposite segment. The narrow 

 setaceous lobe previously mentioned has a peculiar curved spine 

 at its lateral extremity, and its posterior margin is thickly clothed 

 with stiff setae. The ventral surface of the conspicuous basal lobe 

 is also thickly clothed with setae and its apex bears a thick brush 

 which intermingles with that arisi.ig from the process on the 

 opposite side, 



Culicada fitchii Felt. Genitalia, male. Basal clasp segment 

 stout, slightly prolonged, obliquely truncate apically. Terminal 

 segment slender, slightly curved at the distal fourth and bearing a 

 long apical spine. Claspette represented by a conspicuous con- 

 ical basal lobe thickly clothed with rather coarse setae, there 

 being no stout, chitinous spines. There is also a conspicuous 

 rounded subapical lobe on the basal clasp segment. Harpes with 

 the basal portion hairy, long, gently curved, the apical part smooth, 

 bladelike, somewhat expanded near the middle and strongly 

 curved. Harpagones stout, curved, ending in a stout, recurved, 

 chitinous spine. Unci apparently fused, slender, rounded exter- 

 iorly and terminating in a pair of somewhat rounded, slightly sep- 

 arated points. Setaceous lobes moderately developed each bearing 

 about five stout, chitinous spines. [PL 8, fig. 2] 



Female. Lobes stout, about four times as long as broad, slightly 

 swollen near the middle, curving gradually to a somewhat rounded 

 apex bearing a few slightly stouter setae. Ventral plate about as 

 wide as a lobe, extending beyond the basal third; apically, slightly 

 emarginate ; lateral margin somewhat oblique. 



Culicada abfitchii Felt. Genitalia, male. Basal clasp segment 

 moderately long, stout, apex narrowly rounded and bearing two 

 very large, stout setae and numerous smaller ones. Terminal clasp 



