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  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
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  MALLOCH 
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  PLOIARIA 
  RETICULATA 
  (Baker). 
  

  

  Ploiariopsis 
  reticulata 
  Raker, 
  C. 
  F. 
  California 
  Emesidae 
  (Hemiptera), 
  

   Pomona 
  College 
  Journal 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  No. 
  2, 
  May, 
  1910, 
  pp. 
  225-6 
  

   [Claremont, 
  Calif.]. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  testaceous 
  yellow, 
  mottled 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  

   Antennae 
  stramineous, 
  basal 
  segment 
  fuscous 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  subapical 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  apical 
  whitish 
  annulus; 
  

   beak 
  annulate. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  2 
  linear 
  submedian 
  brown 
  vittae, 
  

   laterad 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  disk 
  is 
  grayish, 
  each 
  lateral 
  margin 
  broadly 
  

   brown. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  faintly 
  speckled 
  with 
  yellowish, 
  spiracles 
  

   white. 
  Legs 
  stramineous, 
  fore 
  pair 
  mottled 
  with 
  blackish 
  and 
  rather 
  

   imperfectly 
  annulate, 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  with 
  faint 
  brownish 
  dots 
  

   on 
  basal 
  half 
  and 
  each 
  with 
  3 
  broad 
  brown 
  annuli 
  on 
  apical 
  half. 
  

   Forewings 
  with 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  markings, 
  forming 
  reticulations 
  

   on 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  disk, 
  the 
  most 
  distinct 
  marks 
  being 
  2 
  long 
  

   blackish 
  streaks, 
  one 
  in 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  beyond 
  

   that 
  cell 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  but 
  distinctly 
  clear 
  of 
  it, 
  

   the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  vein 
  narrowly 
  brown. 
  

  

  Head 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  sharp 
  spike 
  at 
  eye 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  just 
  behind 
  transverse 
  dorsal 
  constriction, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  round 
  pro- 
  

   tuberance 
  behind 
  eye 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  head; 
  antennae 
  long-haired, 
  third 
  

   segment 
  fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  fourth. 
  Pronotum 
  slightty 
  flared 
  poste- 
  

   riorly. 
  Hypopygium 
  with 
  a 
  bifid 
  process 
  projecting 
  upward 
  inside 
  

   of 
  hind 
  border, 
  the 
  claspers 
  not 
  very 
  long, 
  curved, 
  tapered 
  at 
  apices. 
  

  

  Fore 
  trochanters 
  produced 
  into 
  an 
  acute 
  process 
  below 
  which 
  is 
  

   armed 
  with 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  spines. 
  Forewing 
  with 
  discal 
  cell 
  subequal 
  in 
  

   length 
  to 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  beyond 
  it. 
  the 
  transverse 
  apical 
  vein 
  

   faint, 
  situated 
  at 
  nearly 
  three 
  fourths 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  apex 
  of 
  

   discal 
  cell 
  to 
  apex 
  of 
  wing, 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  bent 
  down 
  apically. 
  

  

  Length, 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Redescribed 
  from 
  a 
  male 
  paratype, 
  Claremont, 
  Calif., 
  Metz 
  

   (Cornell 
  Univ.). 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Baker 
  reports 
  the 
  species 
  common 
  about 
  Claremont. 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  DENTICAUDA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  colored 
  like 
  granulata, 
  but 
  the 
  femoral 
  and 
  

   tibial 
  annulation 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  distinct. 
  Head 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  85. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  characters 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  

   granulata 
  as 
  follows: 
  The 
  fore 
  coxae, 
  fore 
  femora, 
  and 
  pronotum 
  

   are 
  not 
  granulose 
  and 
  haired 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  the 
  postero- 
  ventral 
  

   spines 
  on 
  fore 
  femur 
  are 
  in 
  an 
  almost 
  regular 
  series, 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  

   longer 
  spines 
  are 
  pale, 
  but 
  little 
  differentiated 
  from 
  the 
  spines 
  and 
  

   both 
  combined 
  are 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  femoral 
  diameter; 
  the 
  

   fore 
  tibia 
  has 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  setulae 
  on 
  postero-ventral 
  surface 
  very 
  

  

  