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Show 251 Sixth antennal joint much shorter than the first. 2. procera Burm. Shining castaneo- piceous, the month-parts castaneo- luteous, the antennae brown, paler toward the tip, the legs lateons, the tegmina with a large rufo- luteous spot. Length 22mm; forceps, <? 9mm, 9 Cmm. West Indies and Central America ( as well as northern parts of South America). t3. americana Pal. Oastaneous; mouth- parts and legs fulvous; antennae 18jointed; tegmina uniform in v coloring throughout; forceps of female strongly incurved at the tip, denticulate on the basal half of inner margin. Body 21mm; forceps 9 9mni. St. Domingo and other parts of the West Indies and Central America. b. Possessed of neither tegmina nor wings. ANISOLABIS. Body long and slender, wholly apterous, of nearly eqnal width throughout; antennae scarcely half as long as the body, with about 20 joints; first and last tarsal joints of about equal length, the second 8 in all, simple; second and third abdominal segments with very slight lateral plications; forceps short, rather stout, arcuate, similar in the two sexes, except in being much more arcuate in the male and generally a little asymmetrical. ( Femora broadly annulated with fuscous 1. azteca. \ Femora unicoiorous 2. maritima ti. azteca Dohrn. Piceous, very delicately punctulate; tibiae and tarsi testaceous; femora broadly annulate in the middle with fuscous, the ninth joint of the antennae pale, the rest rufo- testaceous, like the mouth-parts. Body 9mm; forceps lmm. Mexico. 2. maritima Bon. Blackish mahogany- brown; mouth-parts and legs luteous; antennae luteous, more or less infuscated, the ninth joint of the same color as the rest. Body 18mm; forceps 3mm. North Carolina, South Carolina, Key West, Bermuda, Nicaragua ( and nearly the whole temperate and subtropical world). 2. First antennal joint no longer than the fourth and fifth joints together. SPONGOPHORA. Whole body flattened, long, and slender, the sides of the abdomen straight; antennae more than half the length of the abdomen, 15- 20 jointed, the joints rather long; tegmina and wings present; first tarsal joint longer than the other two together, the third scarcely longer than the simple second joint; pad minute; second and third abdominal segments with lateral plications; forceps very long, generally nearly straight, and either separated with a few teeth on inner edge (<?), or attingent and m nearly or quite unarmed ( 9 ). |