HYPERIDEA. IQ17 



Genus LYC^EA (Dana). 



Pigmenta oculorum grandia. Antennce 2dce sub capite celatce et repli- 

 catce et flagello longiusculo confectce. Pedes 4 antici subchellformes, 

 reliqui mediocres; 2 ultimi breviores; coxae sex posticce angustce. 

 Abdomen in ventrem se non flectens. 



Pigments of the eyes large. Posterior antennas folded up beneath the 

 head either side, and having the flagellum long. Four anterior 

 feet subcheliform, the rest of moderate length; two last abbre- 

 viated; coxse of six posterior legs rather narrow. Abdomen not 

 folding against the venter. 



This genus is near Pronoe, but has the four anterior legs alike sub- 

 cheliform. In the only species seen, the antennas are bent back and 

 forth at three articulations, and the last portion is slender setaceous, 

 and multiarticulate. The coxae of the three posterior pairs of legs 

 are not much flattened. The abdomen has but five distinct segments. 

 The fifth consists of the fifth, sixth, and seventh normal segments, 

 the first of these being indicated in its limits by a faint suture, and 

 the last forming a triangular projection to the extremity. The head 

 is rounded and is covered with facets, excepting a narrow medial line. 

 The pigment is large and central, as seen in a lateral view. The 

 thorax has the seven segments all distinct. The mandible has a 

 dentate apex, and a three-jointed rather slender palpus. 



The superior antennas consist of a stout base, with the apex trun- 

 cate, except the upper part, which is slightly prominent, and bears one 

 or two minute joints in the same line with the upper margin of the 

 basal joint. 



Lyc^a ochracea. 



Caput subrotundatum. Thorax aperte 7-articulatus. Antennas 2dce 

 nudce, articulo primo brevi, secundo tertioque longis, cequis, quarto 

 parvulo, non oblongo, parte reliqud tenui, vix breviore quam articulus 

 tertius, flexili. Abdomen extremitate triangulatum, obtusum. Pedes 

 toti nudij manu prima vix oblongd, apice inferiore triangidato, manu 



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