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Male (type). — Except as otherwise noted, the description is the 

 same as for the type male of Carcelia perplexa. Frontal row of seven 

 and nine bristles, extending from base of third antennal segment to 

 two reclinate preverticals, facial ridge bristly on the lowest one-sixth; 

 frontal orbit, face, cheek, and posterior orbit silvery-gray pollinose. 



Thorax black, thinly covered with gray pollen with marked bluish 

 tinge; midtibia with inner ventral bristle lacking; third vein of wing 

 with one bristle at the base. 



Abdomen (type greasy, pollen pattern taken from paratype) thinly 

 covered with light-gray pollen with a decided bluish tinge; first seg- 

 ment, apical margin of second and third segments, and dorsal vitta 

 shining black; ground color predominantly black with reddish-yellow 

 area on sides of the first, second, and third segments; one pair of weak 

 discal macrochaetae on third segment; abdominal hairs on discal 

 region long, fine, and erect. 

 Length 8' mm. 



Female (allotype). — Front at its narrowest 0.28 head width; six 

 frontal bristles on one side, seven on the other, two pairs of frontal 

 orbital bristles; facial ridge bristly on the lowest one-eighth; third 

 segment of antenna about three and one-half the second. Midtibia 

 with inner ventral bristle ; pulvilli one-half length of those of male ; 

 third vein of wing with two bristles at the base. Abdomen black, a 

 very small and faint reddish yellow spot on side; no discal macro- 

 chaetae on third segment. Otherwise the description is the same as 

 for male. 



Length 8 mm. 



The paratypes differ as follows from the descriptions: Front of 

 male 0.20 and 0.21; frontal bristles usually eight in the male, from 

 four to eight, averaging six, in the female. Male midtibia with a small 

 or weak inner ventral bristle; third vein of wing with one or two 

 bristles at the base. No discal macrochaetae on third segment of 

 abdomen; one female with a black abdomen and one female with a 

 reddish-yellow area on sides. 

 Length 7 to 9 mm. 



Type and allotype locality. — Saugus, Mass. 

 Distribution. — Massachusetts 3. 

 Type.— Male,U. S. N. M. No. 54152. 

 Ilost. — Olene atomaria (Walker) 12. 



Remarks. — Material examined consisted of the following reared spe- 

 cimens bearing Gypsy Moth Laboratory note numbers : Type and one 

 male paratype, No. 10093 L4; allotype, two male paratypes, and one 

 female paratype, No. 10093 L3 ; one female paratype, Weston, Mass., 

 No. 10093 J7; three males and two females (all headless), Bolyston, 

 Mass., No. 10093 J5. 



