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  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  81 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  of 
  the 
  brevipennis 
  complex 
  from 
  La 
  Belle, 
  Fla., 
  April 
  

   28, 
  1912 
  (Amer. 
  Mus.) 
  has 
  the 
  8th 
  tergite 
  merely 
  concave 
  posteriorly, 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  not 
  forming 
  teat-like 
  processes, 
  but 
  since 
  a 
  male 
  

   collected 
  at 
  same 
  place 
  and 
  time 
  is 
  not 
  separable 
  from 
  E. 
  brevipennis 
  

   the 
  unusual 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  attributed 
  to 
  individual 
  

   variation. 
  

  

  EMESAYA 
  LINEATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Knees 
  of 
  posterior 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  legs 
  pale, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   legs 
  with, 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  without, 
  a 
  faint 
  subbasal 
  pale 
  annulus 
  on 
  

   femur; 
  legs 
  in 
  general 
  pale, 
  head 
  and 
  body 
  dark 
  reddish-brown. 
  

   Apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  127. 
  

  

  Length, 
  31 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype— 
  Female, 
  Crescent 
  City, 
  Fla. 
  Broken 
  specimen 
  

   (U.S.N.M.) 
  

  

  T 
  !/P 
  e.— 
  Female, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26736, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  EMESAYA 
  MODICA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  A 
  dark 
  species 
  varying 
  from 
  reddish-brown 
  to 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  usual 
  

   pale 
  markings 
  present, 
  however; 
  bare 
  spots 
  about 
  setae 
  on 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  of 
  abdomen 
  much 
  less 
  conspicuous 
  than 
  in 
  E. 
  brevipennis; 
  

   hypopygium 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  key 
  (figs. 
  128, 
  129). 
  

  

  Length, 
  33 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype.— 
  Female, 
  Cordoba, 
  Mex., 
  F. 
  Knab. 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Female, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26737, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Another 
  female 
  specimen 
  probably 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  having 
  the 
  

   genitalia 
  badly 
  mashed 
  is 
  from 
  Cachi, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  April 
  27, 
  1910, 
  

   C. 
  H. 
  Lankester 
  (Acad. 
  Sci. 
  Phila.). 
  

  

  Length, 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  EMESAYA 
  APICULATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  General 
  color 
  deep 
  castaneous, 
  coxal 
  margins, 
  beak 
  except 
  

   apex, 
  antennal 
  tubercles, 
  wedge-shaped 
  markings 
  behind 
  and 
  inside 
  

   eyes, 
  margins 
  of 
  posterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  pronotum 
  and 
  connexivum 
  ivory- 
  

   colored. 
  First 
  joint 
  of 
  antenna 
  pale 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  near" 
  base. 
  Legs 
  

   in 
  general 
  much 
  paler 
  than 
  body; 
  front 
  ones 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  sur- 
  

   faces 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  subterminal 
  and 
  narrower 
  subbasal 
  annulus 
  on 
  

   tibia, 
  and 
  two 
  narrow 
  annuli 
  near 
  apex 
  of 
  femur 
  ivory 
  color; 
  mid 
  

   and 
  hind 
  legs 
  with 
  apices 
  of 
  femora 
  and 
  bases 
  of 
  tibiae 
  ivory, 
  

   sharply 
  contrasting 
  with 
  general 
  color, 
  the 
  other 
  annuli 
  but 
  faintly 
  

   indicated. 
  Wings 
  dusky 
  hyaline, 
  scarcely 
  paler 
  at 
  bases. 
  

  

  Hypopygium 
  (fig. 
  130) 
  of 
  moderate 
  length, 
  opening 
  upward, 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  and 
  claspers 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  key 
  (fig. 
  131) 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   of 
  sixth 
  sternite 
  slightly 
  concave 
  medianly, 
  more 
  so 
  laterally; 
  seventh 
  

  

  