

HYPERIDEA. 



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the third and fourth joints oblique, the fourth joint longer than third, 

 fifth the longest joint, sixth and seventh short and equal. The man- 

 dible has a lateral process for manducation, which has a spinose sur- 

 face, and the palpus is slender, three-jointed, the second joint longest, 

 the third a little shorter, the first quite short. Four anterior feet 

 have a short, nearly straight claw, the two joints preceding the claw 

 subequal in first pair, but in second pair the first of the two much the 

 longest. The third and fourth pairs of legs are much longer than the 

 preceding and nearly equal. The tarsus of fifth and sixth pairs is 

 nearly twice as long as preceding joint. Basal joint of fifth and sixth 

 pairs oblong, finely serrulate on anterior margin. The branches of 

 the caudal stylets are lanceolate ; in the first pair they are rather 

 longer than basal portion, and in the third shorter. 



The great distance between the two pairs of antennae at base is a 

 very striking peculiarity. 



Genus DAIRA, Edwards. 



Daira? debilis. 



Caput latere visum paululo oblongum et subtriangulatum, anticb ob- 

 tusion, pigmento fere repletum. Thorax medio altior. Antennas infra 

 insitce, breves, §—*l-articulatae,, articulis totis br embus. Pedes 4 antici 

 parvuli; manu paris secundi non oblongd, infra subtiliter serrulatd, 

 apice inferiore producto, triangulato, acuto, carpo parce rninore, non 

 transverso, digito infra subtiliter setuloso. Pedes tertii quartique longi, 

 subasqui, sequentibus vix breviores; quinti sextique subozqui; septimi 

 abbreviati, coxa mediocri, parte reliqud vix longiore; unguibus bre- 

 vissimi. 



Head in profile a little oblong and subtriangular, obtuse in front, 

 nearly filled with the pigment of the eyes. Thorax highest at 

 middle. Antenna3 inserted in lower side of head, short, five to 

 seven-jointed, joints all short. Four anterior feet quite small; hand 

 of second pair not oblong, finely serrulate below, lower apex pro- 

 duced and triangular, acute, carpus hardly smaller and not trans- 

 verse, finger on inner side minutely setulose ; third and fourth pairs 

 of feet subequal, scarcely shorter than following pairs; fifth and 









