DASYPODA. 
length of the tongue, its inosculation acutely triangular; 
maxillae hastate, as long as the tongue; maxillary palpi 
six-jointed, rather more than half the length of the 
maxillae, slender, the basal joint the most robust, the 
second the longest, the rest declining both in thickness 
and length. Thorax oval, densely pubescent, the divi¬ 
sions indistinct from its density; scutellum lunulate; 
metathorax subtruncate; wings with two submarginal 
cells and a third commenced, the second receiving both 
the recurrent nervures, the first close to its commence¬ 
ment and the second just beyond its centre; legs slender, 
pubescent, especially the tibiae and plantae , the hair upon 
the posterior pair being extremely dense and long, and 
each hair twisted minutely spirally ; their coxae, trochan¬ 
ters, and femora also covered with long hair; claws 
bifid, the inner tooth very short. Abdomen oval, the 
basal and fifth segments densely hairy, the superior sur¬ 
face glabrous and shining, excepting where the white 
decumbent bands broadly edge the three intermediate 
segments. 
The male differs in being more densely pubescent, 
especially upon the abdomen, which is not glabrous, 
and in not having the antennae geniculated; the bands 
of the abdomen are fulvous, and its legs are longer and 
more slender, and it is sexually less hairy, although still 
considerably so. 
NATIVE SPECIES. 
1. hirtipes , Fab., <$ ? . 6-7 lines. (PlateY. fig. 3 c??.) 
Swammerdamelia, Kirby. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
This genus is named from the extreme hairiness of 
its posterior legs, Sacrv$, hairy, irov ?, ttoSo^, foot or leg. 
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