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whose length is more than three times its height. The trunk of the 

 cubitus reaches not quite a third the length of the wing; its branches 

 diverge in opposite directions, so that they form an angle of 180° 

 with the trunk. The posterior branch slopes obliquely backward 

 toward the base of the wing, is somewhat shorter than the free 

 portion of the anterior branch, and strikes the nearly straight anal 

 vein about in the mid'dle. 



Fig. 32. — Microphorus defunctus, Handlirsch. 



The abdomen is much narrower than the robust, highly arched 

 thorax, and at most is half as long again as the latter. The head is 

 short and broad, but is not easily made out. Two legs are preserved 

 (? hind legs). Their femora are normal, have a little more than two- 

 thirds the length of the labdomen, and are only slightly longer than 

 the somewhat terminally expanded tibiie. The tarsi also appear to 

 have been somewhat expan'ded. 



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Yie, 33. Microphorus defunctus, Handlirsch. (IS = Radius, Bs = Sector 



radii, M 1, 2=Media, Cu = Cubitus, /4=Anal.) 



