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7. Clinopera polystigma, sp. n., ¢ 9. (Tab. VII. tig. 25, ¢.) 
Cinereous ; two black dorsal spots on the second and third abdominal segments ; antenne yellow; palpi black ; 
wings with several brown spots. 
Length 5-6 millim. 
Head white, with some dark reflections ; front of the ¢ triangular, the eyes being nearly contiguous, that of 
the 2 as broad as the eyes, with parallel sides and a blackish frontal band. Antenne yellow; arista 
densely plumose. Proboscis and palpi black. Thorax, scutellum, and abdomen cinereous; the thorax 
with indistinct blackish stripes ; humeral tubercles somewhat rufous; on the second and third abdominal 
segments two black dorsal spots ; second and following segments with weak marginal macrochete, which 
arise from black points. Legs black, the knees and tibie rufous. Tegule yellowish. Wings greyish, 
with the following brown markings: two small spots above each other near the base—one at the origin 
of the third vein, the other at the tip of the superior basal cell; a larger spot covering the mediastinal 
cell and reaching downwards to beyond the second vein; a broad margin to the small cross-vein; the 
posterior cross-vein also margined, the brown colour more extended at its upper and under end; an 
oblong costal spot at the end of the second vein; and, finally, a more dilute spot at the termination of 
the third vein and a similar spot before the end of the fourth vein. Small cross-vein under the end of 
the first vein ; the first_and third veins with a row of minute bristles. 
Hab. Mexico, Tierra Colorada in Guerrero 2000 feet, Medellin near Vera Cruz 
(H. H. Smith). 
One male and two female specimens. : 
8. Clinopera pterostigma, sp. n., s 2. 
Cinereous ; thoracic stripes, two dorsal spots on the second and third abdominal segments, antenna, palpi, and 
legs black ; brown spots on the mediastinal cell and on the small cross-vein. 
Length 5 millim. 
Head black ; face and sides of the front with silvery-white reflections ; front of the ¢ linear, separating the 
eyes, that of the 9 as broad as the eyes. Antenne black, the small basal joints somewhat rufous. 
Proboscis and palpi black. Thorax cinereous, whitish on the front border, with some black stripes ; 
scutellum brownish-cinereous. Abdomen ovate, yellowish-cinereous ; on the second segment two black 
dorsal spots, which in the ¢ are trigonal, in the 2 more rounded; on the third segment two similar 
spots, which are less distinct in the @ ; external to these dorsal spots, and also on the anal segment, 
there are some blackish reflecting spots; on the second segment are marginal, and on the following two 
segments discal and marginal, macrocheta, all arising from black points, the macrochete, however, of a 
weak nature. Legs black. Tegule white. Wings greyish-hyaline; a blackish-brown costal spot, filling 
nearly the whole of the mediastinal cell; a brown margin to the small cross-vein and also, though less 
conspicuous, to the posterior cross-vein ; the posterior cross-vein concave; for the rest the neuration is 
normal, agreeing with that of C. inuber (see fig. 24); minute bristles along the first and third veins are 
visible (as in C. inuber) under a strong lens. oo 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa and Frontera in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
Two specimens, one of each sex. 
9. Clinopera monstrata, sp. n., 2. 
Cinereous; thorax with four black stripes; second and third abdominal segments with three black spots ; 
antenne black, with the basal joints rufous; palpi rufous; legs brown; small and posterior cross-veins 
margined with brown. 
Length 6 millim. 
Head whitish ; front as broad as the eyes; frontal band blackish, divided into two parts by a whitish median 
