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Species. 



I am acquainted with two species, as under : — 



1. P. appendiculatus, Fabricius. (Ascal. appendiculatus, Fab. Ent. 

 Syst. ii. p. 96; Hag. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1863, p. 376.— Haplogl. ap- 

 pendiculatus, Ramb. Nevrop. p. 363. — Ptynx costatus, Lefebv., 

 Guerin's Mag. 1842, nec Burm.) Antennae rufo-piceae; clava infus- 

 cata. Thorax fuscus, supra rufo-varius, fusco-hirtus ; infra utrinque 

 flavidus. Pedes flavidi ; tarsis infuscatis. Abdomen supra testaceo 

 fuscoque varium, fusco-hirsutum ; infra flavidum, vittis tribus nigris, 

 interrupts, ornatum. Alae subvitreae ; area costali subcostalique (ilia 

 pallidiore) brunneis : pterostigmate brunneo, subobsoleto ; venis ve- 

 nulisque brunneo-testaceis, nigro-hirsutis. Exp. alar. 41"'. 

 Hab. Georgia (and probably other Southern States). 



2. P. juvenilis, nov. sp. Antennae nigro-piceae ; clava nigra. Thorax 

 niger, supra flavo-maculatus, fusco-villosus, infra utrinque flavus, 

 cano-villosus. Pedes fusci ; femoribus tibiisque flavo-lineatis ; tarsis 

 nigro-piceis. Alae subvitreae ; area subcostali infuscata ; pterostig- 

 mate nigro-notato ; venis venulisque nigris. Exp. alar. 34'". 



Hab. Texas (Bel/rage). In my collection. 



Much smaller than appendiculatus, and evidently distinct. 



Genus Cormodes, n. g. 



Wings elongate, rather broad, nearly equal, margins parallel, 

 apex ohtuse ; anterior pair obliquely excised at the extreme 

 base of the inner margin, not. appendiculate : network open. 



Antennm shorter than the wings, curved downwards at the tip ; 

 club large, pyriform. 



Thorax very robust, and strongly villose. 



Abdomen, $ > ver y short, robust, obtuse. 



Legs with the spurs of the posterior tibiae as long as the first 



two tarsal joints. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



Species. 



1. C. intractabilis, Walker. (Ascal. intractabilis, Walk. Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. 2nd series, vol. v. p. 196.) Antennae fuscae ; clava 

 nigra, subtus ad apicem testacea. Frons fusco-villosus. Thorax 

 pallide griseo-ochraceus, fusco-flavoque-varius, cano-lanuginosus ; 

 supra maculis duabus parvis nigris. Pedes grisei ; nigro-spinosi ; 

 tarsis genibusque obscurioribus. Abdomen griseum, nigro-varium, 

 infra ad basin flavidum, striga lata, transversa, nigra, ornatum. Alae 



