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jointed, about one-third the length of the maxillae, the 
basal joint short, robust, the second tapering from its 
base to the third joint, which is rather shorter and sub- 
clavate, the terminal joint slender. Thorax very pu¬ 
bescent, rendering its divisions inconspicuous; scutellum 
and post-scutellum lunulate and convex; metathorax 
truncated ; wings as in Anthophora, with three marginal 
cells closed, the second forming a truncated triangle, 
and receiving the first recurrent nervure near its centre, 
the third bulging outwardly and receiving the second 
recurrent nervure at its extremity; legs very setose, 
especially the posterior tibiae externally, and their plantse 
both externally and internally, but the setae are longer 
on the exterior of the joint, the second joint of these 
tarsi inserted beneath, and before the termination of 
their plantae, the terminal joint longer than the two 
preceding; claws bifid, the inner tooth distant from the 
apex. Abdomen subovate, very convex, truncated at its 
base, where it is densely pubescent, the fifth segment fim¬ 
briated with stiff setae, and the terminal segment having 
a central triangular plate with rigid setae at its sides. 
The male scarcely differs, excepting in the charac¬ 
teristic sexual disparities of slightly longer antennae, and 
considerably longer intermediate tarsi, whose apical joint 
is very clavate. 
NATIVE SPECIES. 
1. bimaculata, Panzer. J ? . 4-5 lines. (Plate 
VII. fig. 2 S ? •) 
bimaculata, Kirby. 
rotundata, Kirby. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
The name of this genus is as applicable to the sub- 
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