EMBTO'PTEI?A OF THE NEW WORLD — ROSS 413 



KEY TO SPECIES OF EMBOLYNTHA (MALES) ' 



1. Posterior process of right hemilergite slender, directed outward; internal 



echinulate lobe of first segment of left cercus subterminal 2 



Posterior process of right hemitcrgite sliort and thick, directed inward ; inter- 

 nal lobe of first segment of left cercus medial (subterminal in nontypical 

 variations) bates! 



2. Process of left hemitergite bearing two small hooks; internal lobe of basal 



segment of left cercus longer than thick brasiliensis 



Process of left hemitergite not as above; internal lobe of basal segment of 

 left cercus broader than long wagneri 



EMBOLYNTHA BRASILIENSIS (Gray) 



Enibius ( ?) bmsiUcnsis GRxVy, 1832, p. 786, pi. 72, fig. 2. 



OJyntha brusilioisis (Gray) Gray, 1832, p. 347.— Westwood, 1837, p. 373, pi. 2, 



fig. 3.— BtJKMEiSTER, 1839, p. 770.— Walker, 1853, p. 532.— Krauss, 1911, p 28, 



pl. 1, fig. 1. 

 EmUa {Olyntha) brasiliensis (Gray) Hagen, 1885, p. 195. 

 Embia brasiliensis (Gray) Enderlein, 1912, p. 48, fig. 24.— Navas, 1918, p. 98. 

 Embolyntha brasiliensis (Gray) Davis, 1940b, p. 345, figs. 1-7 (redescribes and 



figures holotype). 

 Embia brasiliensis var. /lavicercatus Enderlein, 1912, p. 49. 



Holotype.— Male, Children collection, British Museum of Natural 

 History (redescribed by Davis). 



Type c?a^«.— "Brazil." 



Eem/irks. —Enderlem's "variety" fiavicercata, based upon a speci- 

 men determined as hrasiliensis by Burmeister and apparently not 

 actually seen by Enderlein, will require reexamination before the 

 name can be accepted. 



EMBOLYNTHA BATESI (McLachlan) 



Embia batesi McLachlan. 1877, p. 380. — Navas, 1918, p. 99. 

 Embia (OJyntha) batcxl McLachlan, Hagen, 1885, p. 195. 

 Olyntha batesi (McLachlan) Kraxjss, 1911, p. 29. 

 Rhaffadochir batesi (IVIcLachlan) Enderlein, 1912, p. 50. 



Embolyntha batesi (McLachlan) Davis, IMUb, p. 347, fias. S-27 (redescribes 

 and figures holotype).* 



Type </fli5«.— "Amazons," Brazil (Bates). 



Other records.— Espirito Santo, Brazil (McLachlan collection), 

 males*; Barro Alto, Est. Minas, Brazil (MCZ), 2 males.* 



EMBOLYNTHA WAGNERI (Navas) 



Fnnbia icogneri Navas, 1924a, p. 13, fig. 3. 



Embolyntha wagneri (Navas) Davis, 1940b, p. 351, figs. 3&-41 (redescribes and 



figures holotype). 



Holotype.— Male, Paris Museum (redescribed by Davis). 



Type data.— Argentina : "Chaco de Santiago del Estero. Bords du 

 Rio Salado. La Palisa de Bracho. 25 kil. N. O. [N. W.] d'lcano. 

 E. R. Wagner, Decembre 1905." 



s After Davis, 1940b, p. 351. 



