no. 3625 LIBERIAN STREPSIPTERA — FOX 7 



Hindwing: With 7 main veins; Sc strong; 2 detached veins below 

 R, anterior one lightly forked; M t and M 2 heavy; Cu and 2 anals 

 lighter. 



Hindleg: Stout femur slightly shorter than tapered tibia; 4 bell- 

 shaped tarsal subsegments. 



Aedeagus: Slender, bearing pointed dorsal process with slight, 

 rounded ventral projection. 



Abdominal segment x: With squared posterior margin. 



Female, larva, and host unknown. 



Figures 20-27. — Myrmecolax patva, new species: 20, abdominal segment x; 21, body and 

 antenna in dorsal aspect; 22, left hindwing; 23, maxillary palpus; 24, mandible; 25, right 

 antenna, enlarged detail showing segment iv; 26, hindleg; 27, aedeagus, lateral view. 

 (Figs. 23-27 use 0.2 mm scale.) 



Holotype male: Suakoko, Liberia, light trap, February 1952, 

 Blickenstaff, USNM type no. 69564. Six paratype males, same data, 

 3 at USNM and 3 at CM. Also 3 fragmentary specimens at USNM 

 probably this species. 



Discussion : Since no single one was entirely perfect, this description 

 is necessarily a composite of the specimens seen. Myrmecolax parva 

 can be distinguished from the preceding species by having 7 main 

 veins, by the proportions of the maxillary palpus, the proportions 

 of the antenna! segments, and the rather squared vertex. 



