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Calvert; sweeping over mud), 1, [A. E. S.]; Nov. 21,*1909, 2; Dec. 12, 1909, .3; 

 Jan. 3, 1901, 1; Southern slope of Irazu, north of Cartago, Dec. 15, 1909, 

 (P. P. Calvert; sweeping over mud), 4, [A. E. S.]. 



Jamaica: April 1891, (Fox & Johnson), 2, [A. N. S. P.]. 



St. Thomas, West Indies: Feb. 8, (A. Busck), 5, [U. S. N. M.]. 



Paraliinna texana Creason 



191.5. Paralimna texana Cresson, Ent. News, xxv, 69. 



This species while belonging to the a/iaia-group is. however, 

 very similar to appendicidata Lw. in general build and appearance; 

 so much so that the females are very difficult to separate satis- 

 factorily. The only character I can find to separate this sex from 

 those of that species is in the stouter and lesser number of l^ristles 

 in the lateral flexor series on the fore femora of this species. 

 Whether or no this is constant my series is not large enough to 

 determine. On the whole this species seems to average lighter; 

 the forms not so liable to darken anteriorly; the abdomen whitish 

 with the dark bands reduced, especially in the males, and the 

 median brown stripe poorly defined or rudimentary, especially 

 apically. Further than this my series is too small and man^^ 

 specimens in too poor condition to warrant more exhaustive study. 

 The following description should suffice to characterize the 

 species. 



Its affinity to the Neotropical cilkita is evident. The char- 

 acter separating these may be found in the greater width of the 

 parafacials in this species and the males having the lateral flexor 

 ciliation rather clustered and not arranged in a distant series. 



Description of Male. — Black; haltercs pale yellow; tarsi except apically, 

 ta\\"ny. Opaque, densely cinereous, more or less yellowish tinged. Frons 

 ochreous, slightly darker on vertex and lighter in spots on orbits; design faint 

 or obsolete; irrorations minute. Face and cheeks whitish sericeous, faintly 

 yellow on hump and mcsad of the upper bristles. Mesonotal irrorations well 

 defined; vittae weak and only two medianly. Mesoplem-a faintly irroratcd 

 above. Abdomen whitish with the brown bands narrow, often wanting on 

 fifth segment, attenuating mesally and laterally; median stripe narrow, poorly 

 defined or incomplete; ventral lobes inunaculate. Femora cinereous. Wings 

 rather milky. 



Frons much broader than long. Face as broad as long; in profile, convex 

 with weak hump at middle; parafacial nearly as broad as third antennal 

 joint. Cheeks nearly as broad as eye-height. Pile of antennae moderate; 

 arista with 9-11 hairs. Fore femora flattened beneath with shallow, obliciue 

 sulci on apical third; mesal ciliation comprising of flattened, curved bristles; 



tuans. am. ent. soc, xlii. 



