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4. T. Slispensa LOEW. . (Tab. II, fig. 5.) Tota lutea, thorace 

 non vittato, alarum fasciis fuscanis obliquis, postice divergentibus, vena 

 longitudinal! tertia setosa. 



Totally luteous yellow ; the thorax not striped ; the wings with oblique 

 brownish bands diverging posteriorly; the third longitudinal vein with 

 bristles. Long. corp. 0.21. Long. al. 0.220.23. 



Dark yellow. Front purer and paler yellow; frontal bristles 

 black, rather short, and not very stout. Antenna yellowish, almost 

 as long as the face, with the bristle very thin, and having a very 

 delicate and short pubescence. Face a little receding, with pro- 

 portionately rather deep furrows for the reception of the antennae. 

 Opening of the mouth rather widened ; border of the mouth sharp. 

 Proboscis rather thick, with the suctorial flaps a little prolonged. 

 Palpi broad. Upper side of the thorax without stripes; its pube- 

 scence yellow and exceedingly short, bristles black. Scutellum 

 with four black bristles. Metanotum colored alike with the rest 

 of the body. Hairs of the abdomen short and pale, but the bris- 

 tles at its end black. Legs yellow ; anterior femora not very stout, 

 with some black bristles on the under side. Wings not very long; 

 their markings are mostly yellowish-brown, and leave the following 

 hyaline spots : 1. A small triangular one on the costal border 

 immediately behind the tip of the first longitudinal vein, reaching 

 as far as the third longitudinal vein, and joining there a hyaline 

 spot which lies below the stigma between the third and fourth 

 longitudinal veins ; 2. An oblique band slightly curved, which 

 rises on the posterior border, near the tip of the last longitudinal 

 vein, and ascends between the transverse veins as high as the third 

 longitudinal vein ; 3. A triangular spot of the posterior border, 

 occupying the greater part of the second posterior cell, and reach- 

 ing with its apex to a little beyond the fourth longitudinal vein ; 

 4. An oblique band which begins at the posterior border, imme- 

 diately beyond the tip of the fourth longitudinal vein, and ascends 

 as high as the second longitudinal vein, so that the two oblique 

 clear bands almost meet with their anterior ends. The small 

 transverse vein is at the end of the second third of the discal cell, 

 and, like the posterior transverse vein, has a slightly oblique posi- 

 tion ; the end of the fourth longitudinal vein is distinctly curved 

 forwards ; the posterior angle of the anal cell is drawn out into a 

 long point. 



Hob. Cuba. (Poey.) 



