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base; front wing cither rather uniformly dark brown, or yellowish banded 

 with dark brown 7 



7. Wings uniformly dark brown or blackish, except that costa and part of stigma 



may be paler and that some areas may be paler brown 8 



Wings yellowish, with broad brown bands 11 



8. Temple just below its midheight almost fiat, not rounded off to the occipital 



carina, the occipital carina in this area curved outward a little; second 

 flagellar segment about 2.7 as long as wide; stigma black, its extreme base 

 ferruginous or brown; basal 0.3 ± of subcosta ferruginous, the rest blackish. 



13. purpuripcnnis (Cresson) 

 Temple just below its midheight moderately convex, curved mesad to occipi- 

 tal carina; second flagellar segment about 3.5 as long as wide; stigma 

 blackish, its basal 0.4 ± fulvous; basal 0.7 ± of subcosta ferruginous or ful- 

 vous, the rest blackish 9 



9. Third tergite without a basal fuscous band; wider subapical segments of 



flagellum about 0.G2 as long as wide; temple less convex. 



10. unicolor, new species 



Third tergite with a basal fuscous band (often interrupted medially) ; wider 



subapical segments of flagellum about 0.65 to 0.85 as long as wide; temple 



more convex, especially below 10 



10. Punctures on mesoplourum and metapleurum dense or crowded, most of 



their interspaces about 0.3 the diameter of the punctures; widest subapical 

 segments of flagellum about 0.7 as long as wide . 11. turbatus (Cresson) 

 Punctures on mesopleurura and metapleurum moderately dense, most of 

 their interspaces about 0.6 the diameter of the punctures; widest subapical 

 segments of flagellum about 0.8 as long as wide. 



12. fletcheri (Provancher) 



11. Basal transverse carina of propodeum complete, traceable as a definite carina 



throughout its length 4. aridus, new species 



Basal transverse carina of propodeum represented by a short spur behind 

 spiracle, elsewhere absent or very indistinct and incomplete 12 



12. Front wing with a broad apical and narrow premedial brown band, the apical 



brown area sometimes containing a yellow spot (fig. 362). 



5. apicalis, new species 



Front wing with apical, subapical, and premedian brown bands, the apical 



and subapical bauds confluent posteriorly (figs. 363 and 364) 13 



13. Brown bands on front wing wider (fig. 363) ; wrinkling on mesopleurum rather 



fine; flagellum without a median yellowish band . . 6. crotchii (Cresson) 

 Brown bands on front wing narrower (fig. 364) ; wrinkling on mesopleurum 

 rather coarse; flagellum with an indistinct median yellowish band. 



7. pallens, new species 



1. Com psocry plus fasciipcnnis (Brulle) 



Figure 357 



Cryptus fasciipennis Brulle, 1846, in Lepeletier, Ilistoire naturelle des insectes, 

 hym6nopt6res, vol. 4, p. 191; cf, 9- Lectotype (hereby designated): 9 

 (labeled lectotype by Townes), no data on specimen but stated by Brull6 to 

 come from Cuba (Paris). 



Male: Front wing 7.2 to 11.0 mm. long; temple at midheight about 

 0.73 as long as eye, flat; occipital carina very high; mesopleurum with 



