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  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

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  the 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

   IS 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Vol. 
  96 
  Washington: 
  1945 
  No. 
  3190 
  

  

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  This 
  paper 
  i.s 
  oftVred 
  now 
  because 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  treated 
  liave 
  

   iMcn 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  {pellurcnf<) 
  is 
  

   rated 
  as 
  a 
  l)ean 
  pest 
  of 
  some 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics 
  and 
  may 
  easily 
  

   become 
  one 
  in 
  our 
  Gulf 
  States. 
  Also, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  considerable 
  mis- 
  

   identificaHon 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  wide 
  variability 
  

   of 
  the 
  markings 
  and 
  the 
  mi>ai)i)lication 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  peUucens 
  in 
  eco- 
  

   nomic 
  and 
  taxonomic 
  literal 
  iin-. 
  Tlic 
  >])('(ies 
  are 
  markedly 
  dilfeicnt 
  in 
  

   theii" 
  genitalia, 
  but 
  herelofoic 
  tlic'-e 
  organs 
  have 
  not 
  l)een 
  figured, 
  nor 
  

   have 
  the 
  structuial 
  iiecnliaril 
  ies 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  species 
  been 
  indicated. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  is 
  conliii'il 
  \n 
  ilic 
  Niw 
  A\'(irl(|. 
  h'ivc 
  species 
  nrc 
  recog- 
  

   nized 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  is 
  iier<' 
  described 
  for 
  tiie 
  jii-.^t 
  time. 
  Two 
  older 
  

   names 
  an; 
  reft 
  ri'ed 
  to 
  synonymy. 
  T'lie 
  >l 
  udy 
  is 
  l);i<e(l 
  upon 
  material 
  in 
  

   the 
  United 
  Slates 
  National 
  Museum, 
  a 
  considcr;il>le 
  collect 
  imi 
  id' 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  Puerto 
  Kieo 
  in 
  the 
  Cornell 
  Uidxcrsity 
  collection, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   s|iecimens 
  from 
  the 
  .Janse 
  and 
  ]*riti~h 
  .Museum 
  collections. 
  

  

  (Jcmis 
  II 
  NDKI.I.A 
  /»ll.r 
  

  

  rmiili 
  llii 
  Zki.i.kk, 
  I.sIs 
  voii 
  (»kfii, 
  \(»1. 
  11, 
  p. 
  stu;, 
  l.SJs,— 
  U.vi.onoi', 
  .Mciiioircs 
  sur 
  le.s 
  

   I/-pi(l(iI(terf'S, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  UlU. 
  lW.i. 
  — 
  .Iansk., 
  Jeiirii. 
  Kiit. 
  Soc. 
  Soiilli 
  Africa, 
  vol. 
  

   •I, 
  p. 
  1W. 
  1041. 
  ((Jennfyi)o: 
  Fundrlla 
  jkUuciiik 
  Zellcr.) 
  

  

  lUillnvin 
  DvAU. 
  I'rr»c. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Niif. 
  Mils., 
  vol. 
  41, 
  p. 
  '.VS.\, 
  VM'.\: 
  Iii.sociilor 
  Tiisciii.ic 
  

   Mfiistnuis, 
  vol, 
  7, 
  p. 
  in, 
  UM'.*. 
  («;i'iintyp<' 
  : 
  Itnllnrin 
  cisHin 
  iiiiis 
  Dyar.) 
  

  

  Anleima 
  of 
  male 
  slightly 
  piibe.-cent, 
  base 
  somewhat 
  enlarged, 
  shaft 
  

   laterally 
  (lattened 
  ami 
  very 
  slightly 
  excavate 
  at 
  ba.se 
  (pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  li) 
  

  

  •'.2024.". 
  4.'i 
  in.'. 
  

  

  