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cluster of long hairs commonly adheres to the anal extremity. 
The antennge are short, reaching to the coxae of the first pair 
of legs, and distinctly eight-join ted, the first two joints thick 
(the first much the thicker) and about equal in length, the 
third as long as the second but narrower, the fourth the shortest 
of all, and about as wide as long. Each of the following joints 
is slightly larger and longer than the preceding, and the eighth 
is enlarged to a kind of club, as wide as the second joint and 
very nearly as long as the sixth and seventh together. The 
rostrum is very short, two-jointed, conical, projecting from be¬ 
tween the bases of the first pair of legs. It is not as long as 
the femur, and its width is about half its length. The maxillary 
filaments are four in number, and when extended reach the ab¬ 
domen. The eyes are placed upon the sides of the head at a 
distance behind the bases of the antennae about equal to the 
first joint of the latter. They are black and simple, each con¬ 
sisting of a single ocellus. The tarsi are all 1-jointed, two 
thirds as long as the tibiae, and tapering regularly to the claw. 
This is strongly curved, with a pair of slender capitate hairs, 
longer than the claw itself, springing from its base. The tibiae 
and the femora are of about equal length; the antennae and 
legs are slightly hairy, and the body nearly smooth, only a few 
minute hairs being scattered over the surface. There are also 
a few long hairs at the tip of the abdomen. The latter is two- 
lobed and emarginate, with a small eauda at the base of the 
emargination, slightly blackish distally. This emargination be¬ 
comes a cup-shaped depression when seen from behind. 
Eo-cr— Oval-oblong, subcylindrical, about twice as long as 
thick, brownish, surface smooth and shining. 
Length .30 mm., width .16 mm. 
