XXXVI.—<i>Rhynchotal Notes</i>.—XXX

William Lucas Distant

Annals and Magazine of Natural History · 1905 · 27 citations · 0 references

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This division is primarily dioergcri t from Durrdrtbiaria by tho non-dentate lntcrnl margins of tho proiiottini ; tlic tympana arc complctcly covered, tlie t p p n i ~n l flaps brondcr tlian long ; tIic opcrculn sliort, somcwlrnt globox, widcr tliari abdominal mnrgin, nrid distiiictly visiblo from above.LAIIUQADA, gcn.nov.lTcad (iiicliirliiig cyes) considcrnbly narron'cr tliari basc of mcsonotum, its length nbout equnl to spnccc between eyes, its lateral mnrgins discontiiiaow, tlic latcrnl ninrgins of front being nlniost at riglit angles to tlioso of vcrtcs ; pronotrim nlmost as long as niesoiiotiitn, narrowed ntitcriorly, the posterior nnglca proiiiinciit and routidcd ; abdomen coiisidernbly longcr t1i:iri specc bctwccn apex of front and bnsc of criiciform clcvatioii ; tympnna complctrly covercd, tyinliniinl covcritiga broader thnn long ; ol)erciiln sliort, soiiicwlint filobose, widcr tfinti :tldoniinnl mnrgin, atid distinctly visiblc from nbovc ; rostrum nbont reaching tlic postcrior COS:~; tcgmina and wing3 Iiynlinc, tlic first with ciglit apical nrcns and tlie basal ccll longcr tliati broad.Type, L, DoAerIji, Uist, (Pornpiin).Subfam.GzAa-mz.roposc this sillfatilily fkr tlic reception of n considcrnllo nuin It: or of genera in wliicli tlic tjnipniinl coveriilgs nrc prcscnt hut imperfect niicl the tjnipaeal orificca arc riioro or less esposcd.A. Tpipend covering!present.