﻿LANTERN 
  FLIES 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  PHRICTUS 
  — 
  CALDWELL 
  181 
  

  

  maculate 
  with 
  dull 
  yellow, 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  reticulations 
  

   irre<;ular 
  and 
  imperfect. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  light 
  red 
  in 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  

   apical 
  third 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Cephalic 
  process 
  slemler, 
  shorter 
  than 
  pronotum; 
  tritid 
  apex 
  very 
  

   small, 
  especially 
  the 
  median 
  tooth. 
  Caudal 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  with 
  

   broad 
  median 
  notch, 
  outer 
  angles 
  of 
  notch 
  abruptly 
  acute 
  and 
  greatly 
  

   elevated; 
  median 
  carina 
  of 
  pronotum 
  apparently 
  not 
  forked 
  around 
  

   notch. 
  First 
  valvulae 
  in 
  female 
  short, 
  broad; 
  apices 
  more 
  sharply 
  

   angled 
  than 
  in 
  oceUatus. 
  

  

  Female 
  holotype, 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  57225, 
  fium 
  Chaciuimayo, 
  Peru, 
  

   February 
  15, 
  IDlS 
  (C. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Townsend). 
  

  

  PHKICTUS 
  PUNCTATUS, 
  new 
  upecieb 
  

   Pi^TE 
  7, 
  FiiiUBES 
  12, 
  ii3 
  ; 
  Platk 
  8, 
  Figire 
  6; 
  Pi-iTK 
  I) 
  

  

  Siuiilar 
  to 
  ininutacanthu 
  but 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  with 
  more 
  brightly 
  

   colored 
  elytra. 
  The 
  cephalic 
  process 
  is 
  longer, 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  teeth 
  

   more 
  acute. 
  Length, 
  female 
  44 
  mm., 
  elytra 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  very 
  light 
  brown. 
  Face 
  and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  cephalic 
  

   process 
  cinnamon-brown. 
  Vertex, 
  dorsum 
  of 
  cephalic 
  process, 
  and 
  

   median 
  stripe 
  on 
  pronotum 
  dull 
  yellow. 
  Elytra 
  brown 
  w^ith 
  bright- 
  

   yellow 
  maculae 
  groupt'tl 
  toward 
  the 
  transverse 
  fascia; 
  claval 
  area 
  dull 
  

   yellow; 
  costal 
  margin 
  with 
  two 
  conspicuous 
  yellow 
  spots 
  before 
  

   leticulate 
  area; 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  narrow, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  

   nnddle 
  by 
  a 
  dark-brown 
  dash 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  surrounded 
  by 
  yellow 
  

   maculae. 
  Maculae 
  in 
  right 
  elytron 
  tending 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  oblique 
  strip 
  

   U'tween 
  the 
  dark-brown 
  ditsh 
  and 
  center 
  of 
  clavus. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  

   hyaline-carmine 
  in 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  apical 
  third 
  light 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Cephalic 
  process 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  pronotum; 
  trifid 
  apex 
  slender, 
  

   with 
  broader 
  expan.se 
  than 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  including 
  eyes. 
  Caudal 
  

   margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  broadly 
  concave, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  notch 
  in 
  middle 
  of 
  

   concavity. 
  Median 
  carina 
  definitely 
  forked 
  caudally 
  around 
  notch, 
  

   with 
  surface 
  of 
  pron(;tum 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  elevated 
  above 
  the 
  forked 
  

   carina. 
  First 
  valvulae 
  in 
  female 
  with 
  apices 
  broadly 
  concave 
  on 
  outer 
  

   margins. 
  

  

  F'emale 
  holoty|)e, 
  I'.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  5722G, 
  bearing 
  the 
  following 
  data: 
  

   "? 
  IJugaba, 
  Panama, 
  collection 
  Wm. 
  Schaiis.'' 
  One 
  female 
  paralype 
  

   fiom 
  El 
  Volfdn, 
  Panama, 
  March 
  17, 
  11)43, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  .Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  Plistory. 
  

  

  PHRICTUS 
  HOFf'MANNSI 
  Srhmidt 
  

  

  1'i.An-; 
  7, 
  FtoUKKH 
  10. 
  18; 
  I'i.ait-: 
  8, 
  Ji'k.ukk 
  J> 
  ; 
  Tlatk 
  10 
  

  

  I'hrictUH 
  hoffmantiHi 
  S< 
  hmiht. 
  Knt. 
  Z<-1|. 
  Sit-tiin, 
  vol. 
  iV,, 
  pp. 
  ,'{,'i8 
  .'140, 
  l!M>r>. 
  

  

  This 
  s|)ecies 
  most 
  clearly 
  resembles 
  moebiu.si 
  Schmidt 
  but 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   tinguisiusJ 
  frouj 
  it 
  by 
  a 
  narrower 
  cephalic 
  process, 
  with 
  (he 
  apical 
  

  

  