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at apex, strongly expanded at the base and extending beyond the 



Megarhinus portoricensis Von Roder. Genitalia, male. Basal 

 clasp segment stout, subtriangular, tapering to a narrowly rounded 

 apex Terminal segment rather slender, base slightly enlarged, tip 

 slender bearing a rather long, acute terminal spme. Claspette 

 represented by a simple, broadly rounded basal setaceous lobe. 

 Harpes long, excavated externally and terminated by a stout, 

 chitinous spine and a series of minute denticulations. Harpa- 

 ^ones slender, closely appressed, ventral edge with a series ot 

 minute teeth. Unci fused, slender, ending m acute points. Set- 

 aceous lobes moderatelv well developed, thin, bearing numerous 

 loner rather slender setaceous spines. Seventh segment with a 

 traSsverse row of verv long slender spines across the posterior third, 

 evidently a generalised type of the submedian groups of spines 

 observed in some other genera. [PI. 19. fig- A 



The Corethrinae are a fairly homogeneous subfamily, despite the 

 wide differences in larval structures, though there is a substantial 

 acrreement in habits, all being aquatic and predaceous. Core- 

 ^ thrella appears to be the 



more generalized of the 

 various genera, there be- 

 ing comparatively slight 

 differences between the 

 antennae in the two sexes 

 [fig. 2]. Those of the female 

 are remarkable because of 

 the rudimentary whorl of 

 hairs near the middle of 

 each segment, and those of 

 the male are unique on ac- 

 count of the long, fine hairs 

 continued to the apical 

 fourth. The wings of both 

 sexes are substantially alike, 

 both possessing the obli- 

 que scales along the mar- 

 gin, a character almost uni- 

 versally limited to the 

 female . The claws are sim- 

 ple in both sexes, though 



Fig "ao C o r e t h r e 11 a b r a k e 1 e y i , dorsal view -^hose of the forC-aud mid- 



of larva showing the pecuhar head struc- 1 „ ^ ^ 



turea and the paired separate spiracles of Ipp-S of the male aTC 



the air tube, much enlarged (.Original) '■ & 



