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sepimeral bristles 
{Cancraedes) miachaetessus 
Hind femur anteriorly with consider- 
able pale scaling on basal half; 
pleuron grayish-brown to brown; 
mesepimeron with several fine pale 
hairs between dorsal hair tuft and 
lower mesepimeral bristles ....... 
{Cancraedes) curtipes 
28. Scutum, femora, and tibiae with small 
spots of broad silvery scales; me- 
dian area of vertex mainly with 
broad white and dark scales 
{Aedimorphus) punctifemore 
Scutum, femora, and tibiae without 
spots of broad silvery scales; me- 
dian area of vertex mainly with 
narrow-curved scales 29 
29. Scutum uniformly scaled on dorsal 
surface; tibial apices creamy; pleu- 
ral scale patches dull. 
{Aedimorphus) pampangensis 
Scutum variegated with indistinct 
spots of pale scaling; tibial apices 
with a white patch; pleural scale 
patches white 
{Aedimorphus) alhoscutellatus 
30. Ppn with 10-30 bristles; wing mem- 
brane surrounding crossveins 
clouded; (wings with intermixed 
pale and dark scaling; lower me- 
sepimeral bristles present) 31 
Ppn usually with less than 10 bristles; 
wing membrane not clouded 
around the crossveins 33 
31. Scutum sparsely clothed with narrow 
yellow scales (some scattered brown 
scales may also be present) ; female 
palpi barely one-fourth as long as 
proboscis; a black and yellow 
species 
{Mucidus) aurantius quadripunctis 
Scutum with several twisted tufts of 
erect long white scales ; female palpi 
over one-half as long as proboscis; 
brown, white, and yellow species . . 32 
32. Fore and mid tibiae with a well- 
developed median white band; fore 
tibia with apical white band not 
occupying more than 0.25 of length 
of segment {Mucidus) ferinus 
Fore and mid tibiae without a median 
white band, occasionally a few pale 
scales present, however; apical 0.31 
or more of fore tibia white-scaled 
{Mucidus) laniger 
33. Wings profusely spotted with areas of 
pale and dark scaling; femora and 
tibiae spotted and ringed with 
pale scaling for nearly their whole 
length 34 
Wings not profusely spotted with 
areas of pale and dark scaling; 
femora and tibiae not spotted and 
ringed with pale scaling. ........ 40 
34. Species with yellow, white, and black 
scaling 35 
Species with black and white scaling . 39 
35. Prealar scale patch connected to the 
dorsal sternopleural patch by a nar- 
row line of broad white scales, from 
the anterior margin of the dorsal 
sternopleural patch a similar line 
extends ventrally and posteriorly to 
medio-posterior sternopleural scale 
patch; larger claw of fore and mid 
male tarsi with a single basal tooth 
{Finlaya) stonei 
Prealar scale patch not connected to 
dorsal sternopleural scale patch 
with a line of scales, nor is there a 
line of scales extending ventrally 
and posteriorly from the dorsal 
sternopleural patch; larger claw of 
fore and mid male tarsi bidentate. . 36 
36. Male with pale hairs scattered over the 
dorsal aspect of most of the ab- 
dominal tergites; female tergites 
with pale hairs numerous basally 
and apically so that there appears to 
be a thick fringe of them at the 
junction of the tergites; (proboscis 
nearly always without apico -ventral 
black scales) {Finlaya) luteus 
Male with pale hairs of tergites con- 
fined to lateral and apical margins; 
female tergites with only a sparse 
row of pale hairs at the junction of 
the tergites 37 
37. Proboscis without apico-ventral black 
scales, occasionally a few scattered 
ones present; basistyle of male ter- 
