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7. B. apicalis! 



Bittacus apicalis Uhler ! MSS. 



Luteous, shining ; ocelli somewhat obscured with black ; apex 

 of the tarsal articles brownish-black ; wings hyaline, the apex 

 nigro-fuscous ; abdomen fuscous ; the superior appendages of the 

 male short, oblong, the apex broader, obliquely truncated. 



Alar expanse 36 millim. % 



Hab. Southern Illinois (Kennicott). 



(The pterostigma of the female is dusky, and there is a dusky 

 mark each side upon the upper part of the face ; the antennae are 

 honey-yellow, obscurer towards the apex, and covered with black- 

 ish pile. Uhler.) 



MEROPB Newman. 



Ocelli absent ; eyes large, reniform, connate at the vertex ; 

 antennae short, thick, the apex narrowed ; wings broad, transverse 

 veins very numerous ; subcosta and radius joined together at the 

 apex ; feet shorter than the wings, slender, apex of the tarsi with 

 two unguiculi, which are entire, and a plantula between them ; 

 abdomen of the male with a very large forceps. 



1. M. tuber ! 



Merope tuber Newm.! Entom. Mag. V, 180. Westw.! Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. IV, 194, tab. xiv. fig. 2. Walk.! Catal. 196, 1. 



Luteous ; apex of the rostrum fuscous ; antennas luteous, fus- 

 cous in the middle ; prothorax luteo-fuscous ; feet luteous, the 

 anterior ones a little thicker, luteo-fuscous ; apex of the tibiae with 

 two spurs ; wings cinereous, veins luteous, radius and longitudinal 

 ones posteriorly, black; anterior wings on the posterior margin at 

 the base, with a small, rounded, fuscous lamina ; abdomen luteous; 

 appendages of the male very long, flat, almost as long as the body, 

 luteous ; the basal article almost straight, the base a little curved ; 

 the apical article shorter, cylindrical, the apex dilated, emarginated, 

 subbifid. 



Alar expanse 30 millim. 



Hab. Berkeley Springs, Virginia (Osten Sacken) ; Pennsylvania. 



An extremely rare insect ; it is not to be met with in any of the 

 European collections, excepting the type (a female) in the British 



