no. 3603 HERMETIA — JAMES AND WIRTH 11 



except that the parted pile of the first tergum may vary through 

 yellow to golden and the translucent areas may bear some short black 

 in addition to the pale hairs; pile of terga 3 to 5 dense; reddish brown, 

 that of sterna 3 to 5 of variable color, sometimes largely black. Geni- 

 talia (fig. 7) reddish brown; dististyle concave on inner apical surface 

 with several microdenticles, which are not visible from lateral profile. 

 Length 10-11 mm. 



Female: Closely similar to the male; pile of head more extensively 

 white; thorax entirely black. Micro trichia- free area of wing much 

 more extensive, taking in almost all the first anal cell, about half the 

 second anal, and the upper basal part of the fifth posterior cell. 

 Abdomen except translucent areas wholly black. Color of abdominal 

 pile variable; in the allotype that of terga 2 and 3 and of sterna 4 and 

 5 short, black. Length 11-14 mm. 



Holotype: cf, Isthmus of Tehuan tepee, Sumichrast, Mexico; 

 USNM type no. 69,105. Allotype: Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico, 

 July 31, 1963, F. D. Parker and L. A. Stange; University of Cali- 

 fornia, Davis. 



Paratypes: MEXICO: 3 cfcf, same data as holotype; 2 cTcf, 

 same data as allotype. Morelos: 1 cf, Hujintlan, Aug. 22, 1956, 

 R. and K. Dreisbach; 1 a", Lobo Canyon, 13 miles east of Cuernavaca, 

 3400', Aug. 15, 1962, R. H. and E. M. Painter; 1 9, 5 miles east of 

 Cuernavaca, July 16, 1963, Parker and Stange. 



Hermetia subpellucida James and Wirth, new species 



The coloration of the second abdominal segment will readily dis- 

 tinguish this species from all others in the complex except H. conjuncta, 

 which would not be easily confused with H. subpellucida because of its 

 H. illucens-like appearance and its much more slender abdomen. An 

 occasional specimen of another species, for example a female H. 

 eiseni or a slightly teneral H. chrysopila, may have a suggestion at 

 least of a pair of pale tergal spots, but these are never subpellucid or 

 transparent and do not involve the sternum, as do the subpellucid 

 areas in H. subpellucida and H. conjuncta. 



Male, female: Head black, frontal callus, narrow facial orbits, 

 a pair of spots on each side of the ocellar triangle, and vertex, as 

 usual, yellow to yellowish and, again, as usual for the group, subject 

 to considerable variation as to the extent of the markings; in most 

 specimens the spots beside the ocellar triangle are continuous with 

 the vertex, forming one continuous area without indication of any 

 division. Ante-ocellar tubercles smooth, without striations; area 

 above frontal callus rugose with one to three, usually two or three, 

 well-defined carinulae. Supra-antennal callus usually distinct but 

 small, sometimes obscure. Mesonotum with a median presutural 



