﻿art. 
  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  99 
  

  

  Mesothorax 
  longer 
  than 
  prothorax. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  long, 
  nearly 
  parallel-sided 
  apiculata." 
  

  

  ica. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  clavate 
  pachitea. 
  

  

  colona. 
  

   bethei. 
  

   aracataca. 
  

   cuneata. 
  

   assa-nutrix. 
  

   [filiventris, 
  female], 
  

   gladiator, 
  male, 
  

   stipitata. 
  

   similata. 
  

   Abdomen 
  bulbous. 
  

  

  Bulbosity 
  longer 
  than 
  wide 
  gladiator, 
  female. 
  

  

  pendula. 
  

   Bulbosity 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  or 
  wider 
  than 
  long. 
  

  

  Bulbosity 
  subterminal 
  approximata. 
  

  

  globifera. 
  18 
  

  

  globulata. 
  

  

  patruela. 
  

  

  perigynium. 
  

  

  recondita. 
  

  

  signata. 
  

  

  strigata. 
  

  

  subglobulata. 
  

  

  uncinata. 
  

  

  Bulbosity 
  terminal 
  atriclava. 
  

  

  filiventris, 
  male, 
  

   mirabilis. 
  

   Fore 
  femur 
  stouter, 
  the 
  unspined 
  portion 
  relatively 
  short, 
  but 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  basal 
  spine; 
  abdominal 
  tergites 
  angulate 
  produced 
  

   at 
  sides 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  longest, 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  meta- 
  

  

  thorax 
  successively 
  shorter 
  peruviana. 
  

  

  truncata. 
  

   annectens. 
  

   Claw 
  of 
  fore 
  tarsus 
  single 
  ; 
  inner 
  row 
  of 
  armature 
  of 
  fore 
  femur 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   chitinous 
  tubercles 
  or 
  spines, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  long 
  hairs 
  intermixed 
  (fig. 
  212) 
  ; 
  

   a 
  strong 
  spine 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  slightly 
  distad 
  of 
  basal 
  spine, 
  out 
  of 
  alignment 
  

   with 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  slightly 
  outwardly 
  directed 
  ; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  ab- 
  

   dominal 
  tergites 
  slightly 
  ampliate. 
  

  

  Claw 
  separated 
  from 
  tarsus 
  by 
  a 
  suture 
  ; 
  fore 
  femur 
  rather 
  slender 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  but 
  notably 
  thicker 
  near 
  base 
  than 
  at 
  first 
  strong 
  spine 
  (fig. 
  

   215) 
  (Subgenus 
  Ploeodonyx 
  new 
  subgenus, 
  type 
  species 
  GMlianeUa 
  

   insidiatrix 
  Bergroth). 
  

  

  insidiatrix. 
  

   amicula. 
  

   glabrata. 
  

   Claw 
  entirely 
  fused 
  with 
  tarsus 
  ; 
  fore 
  femur 
  rather 
  stout, 
  little 
  if 
  any 
  

   thicker 
  at 
  base 
  than 
  at 
  first 
  strong 
  spine 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  prothorax 
  

   with 
  two 
  rather 
  long, 
  blunt, 
  divergent 
  teat-like 
  processes. 
  ( 
  Subgenus 
  

   Lissonyx, 
  new 
  subgenus, 
  type 
  species 
  Emcsa 
  angulata 
  Uhler.) 
  

  

  angulata. 
  

  

  17 
  Armature 
  of 
  fore 
  femur 
  unknown. 
  

  

  18 
  Armature 
  of 
  fore 
  femur 
  unknown, 
  the 
  species 
  entered 
  in 
  two 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  list. 
  

  

  