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GENUS 7. RAPHIDIA. Tab. XIE 
CHARACTER GENER I S . 
Os dentibus du.obus in capite dcprefîb corneo. Palpi quatuor ;; 
ftemmata tria. Alæ deflexæ. Antennæ filiformes longitudine tho- 
racis, anticé clongati cylindrici., Cauda fcminæ fetâ recurvâ laxâ.. 
Linn. fyft. nat, p. 916.. 
A 
7th GENyS. The RAPHIDIA. PL XIL. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS.. 
The head is of a horny fubfiancc, and depreffed or fiattened. The- 
mouth is armed with two teeth, and furniflied with four palpi. The 
ftemmata are threc in numbcr., The wings are defiedled. Theantennae j 
arc filiform, as long as the thorax j. the anterior part of which is length-- 
ened out, and of a cylindrical form. The tail of the female is tenni-^- 
jiated by an appendix, refembling a flexible crooked brifile. 
7. GENRE. La RAPHIDIE, PI. XIL 
CARACTERE DU GENRE. 
La tête eft d’une fubftance cornée et elle efi: applatie. La bouche fe 
trouve armée de deux dents et garnie de quatre antennules. Les petits 
yeux 
