Genus Megarhinus. 



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Abdomen similar, but the basal segment has more green 

 scales, the sixth to eighth swollen, bearing the caudal tuft which 

 is deep brown with violet hues, the anterior part on the sixth 

 segment paler than the rest ; fore and mid ungues unequal, the 

 larger uniserrate, the smaller simple; hind equal (simple?). 



Fig. 37. 

 Wing of Megarhinus solstitialis. Lutz. 



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Wings with the first fork-cell less than half the size of the 

 rather large second posterior cell, its base much nearer the apex 

 of the wing, about the middle of the second posterior cell ; stem 

 of the former about three and a half times longer than the cell ; 



Fig. 38. 



Head of larva. 



Megarhinus solstitialis. Lutz. 



stem of the second posterior cell not quite twice the length of 

 the cell ; supernumerary cross-vein nearly four times its own 

 length nearer the apex than the mid ; posterior very long, sloping 

 backwards, a little nearer the base than the mid. Scales with 

 violet and purple sheen. 



