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beneath. Antennae yellowish, rather broad, with the third joint 

 having a distinct anterior corner, and the bristle with a short, 

 hardly visible pubescence. Eyes almost round. Cheeks narrow. 

 Opening of the mouth large ; proboscis and palpi short. The 

 short hairs of the thorax pale yellowish, the bristles brownish ; the 

 first of the two pairs of bristles in the middle of the thorax very 

 near the transverse suture. Scutellura of the color of the thorax, 

 but usually yellow at the tip, with two bristles. Abdomen and 

 metanotum black, rather glossy; the short and scattered hairs of 

 the former pale yellowish. Borer flat, shining black, nearly as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs yellow. Wings hyaline, with the 

 reticulation blackish and a little interrupted, leaving only the 

 innermost base of the wing free. The following hyaline spots 

 produce the reticulation on the borders of the wing : one before 

 the tip of the auxiliary vein ; two between the tips of the first and 

 second longitudinal veins, and sometimes a drop immediately before 

 the tip of the second longitudinal vein, five oblong incisions limit- 

 ing the four rays emitted to the tip of the wing ; a clear drop 

 touching the border beyond the tip of the first longitudinal vein, 

 often confluent with a drop lying immediately above it, and forming 

 thereby an incision ; three drops between the tips of the fifth and 

 sixth longitudinal veins, the intermediate of which is the largest ; 

 a drop immediately before the tip of the sixth longitudinal vein, 

 and one in the axillary angle. On the middle of the wing there 

 are the following rather large clear drops : one on the hind side of 

 the second longitudinal vein, a little beyond the small transverse 

 vein ; the others on the anterior side of the fourth longitudinal 

 vein, one being before, the other behind the small transverse vein; 

 one on the anterior side of the fifth longitudinal vein, and a little 

 before the small transverse vein, having sometimes a small drop on 

 each side ; a very large drop in the middle of the third posterior 

 cell, and a very minute one at the innermost base of this cell. 

 Hob. Cuba. (Poey.) 



APPENDIX I. 



I give here as an appendix a translation of Wiedemanu's descrip- 

 tions of four species, which I have formerly seen, but have not 

 before me at present. 



