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  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  97 
  

  

  brasiliensis 
  (Emesa) 
  Dohrn. 
  Emesina, 
  1860, 
  pp. 
  227-8 
  [Brazil]. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  high 
  and 
  sharp 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  each 
  with 
  2 
  yellowish 
  rings. 
  

  

  bulbifwa 
  Champion. 
  Biologia, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1898, 
  p. 
  171, 
  pi. 
  10, 
  figs. 
  17-18 
  [Panama]. 
  

   The 
  male 
  runs 
  to 
  recondita 
  among 
  our 
  species, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  sixth 
  

   segment 
  less 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  bulbosity 
  and 
  the 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  not 
  

   surpassing 
  hypopygium 
  and 
  apparently 
  not 
  apiculate. 
  The 
  female 
  

   described 
  by 
  Champion 
  probably 
  is 
  a 
  different 
  species; 
  specimens 
  

   seemingly 
  agreeing 
  with 
  Champion's 
  description 
  of 
  that 
  sex 
  are 
  

   given 
  a 
  new 
  name 
  on 
  page 
  116. 
  

   geistaeclceri 
  (Emesa) 
  Dohrn. 
  Emesina, 
  1860, 
  pp. 
  223-4 
  [Haiti]. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  species 
  in 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  B 
  or 
  Dohrn's 
  key 
  to 
  Emesa, 
  are 
  Ghilianella. 
  The 
  present 
  

   species 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  sixth 
  (that 
  is 
  seventh) 
  segment 
  bispinose 
  

   apically. 
  

  

  gibbiventris 
  Champion. 
  Biologia, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1898, 
  p. 
  172, 
  pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  20 
  [Panama]. 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  type 
  from 
  any 
  we 
  have 
  seen, 
  since 
  

   while 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso-thorax 
  are 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   in 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  bulbous. 
  

  

  Granulata 
  Champion. 
  Biologia, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1898, 
  pp. 
  171-2, 
  pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  19 
  [British 
  

   Honduras]. 
  

   Unidentifiable, 
  the 
  terminal 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  missing. 
  

  

  ignorata 
  Dohrn. 
  Emesina, 
  1860, 
  pp. 
  238-9, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  figs. 
  9, 
  11 
  [La 
  Guayra, 
  and 
  

   Brazil]. 
  

   The 
  male 
  runs 
  to 
  recondita 
  in 
  our 
  key 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  the 
  

   seventh 
  tergite 
  produced 
  beyond 
  hypopygium. 
  Champion 
  15 
  de- 
  

   scribes 
  and 
  illustrates 
  a 
  species 
  under 
  Dohrn's 
  name, 
  but 
  he 
  de- 
  

   fines 
  the 
  species 
  on 
  characters 
  not 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Dohrn, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  

   speak 
  of 
  seeing 
  the 
  type; 
  hence 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  certainty 
  that 
  the 
  identi- 
  

   fication 
  is 
  correct. 
  

   imbecilla 
  (Emesa) 
  Dohrn. 
  Emesina, 
  I860, 
  pp. 
  228-9 
  [Para]. 
  

  

  Mid 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  each 
  with 
  three 
  pale 
  rings; 
  described 
  from 
  

   a 
  specimen 
  with 
  collapsed 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  identifiable. 
  

   signoreti 
  (Emesa) 
  Dohrn. 
  Emesina, 
  1860, 
  p. 
  227, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  1 
  [Jamaica]. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  the 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  each 
  with 
  apex 
  and 
  two 
  

   subapical 
  rings 
  paler, 
  not 
  agreeing 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  with 
  any 
  species 
  

   having 
  the 
  same 
  shaped 
  abdomen 
  (figured) 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  examined. 
  

   spinolae 
  Dohrn. 
  Emesina, 
  1860, 
  p. 
  238 
  [Amazon 
  River]. 
  

  

  Abdominal 
  segments 
  1-3 
  yellow 
  and 
  longer 
  even 
  than 
  in 
  filiven- 
  

   tris 
  indicates 
  a 
  species 
  distinct 
  from 
  any 
  here 
  described. 
  

  

  15 
  Biologia, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  pp. 
  170-1, 
  pi. 
  10. 
  figs. 
  15-16. 
  1898. 
  

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