﻿62 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  abdomen 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  robust, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  small 
  but 
  distinct 
  proc- 
  

   esses 
  on 
  middle 
  of 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  tergites 
  ; 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  horizontal, 
  

   with 
  a 
  short, 
  triangular 
  median 
  process, 
  the 
  margin 
  concave, 
  then 
  

   angled 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  eighth 
  tergite 
  deflexed, 
  narrowed 
  toward 
  apex, 
  

   which 
  is 
  transverse. 
  

  

  Length, 
  Male, 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  nymph, 
  3.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  San 
  Thomas, 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  May 
  30, 
  1904; 
  

   allotype', 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  May 
  21, 
  1904, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  allotype.— 
  Cat 
  No.* 
  26724 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  PUNCTIPES. 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Brownish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  testaceous 
  markings 
  and 
  gray 
  pu- 
  

   bescence 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  thorax. 
  Legs 
  and 
  antennae 
  testaceous-yellow, 
  

   coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  spotted 
  and 
  annulated 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  Wings 
  with 
  

   fuscous 
  markings 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  dark 
  spot 
  

   in 
  center 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  is 
  more 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  while 
  in 
  uniseriata 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  isolated 
  dark 
  spot 
  just 
  beyond 
  apex 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  clear 
  of 
  

   the 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  in 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  spot 
  touches 
  the 
  vein 
  ; 
  mark- 
  

   ings 
  somewhat 
  more 
  aggregated 
  in 
  clouds 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  wing. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  head 
  not 
  sulcate 
  anteriorly, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  low 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  median 
  carina 
  ; 
  subapical 
  antennal 
  segment 
  fully 
  three- 
  

   fourths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  apical. 
  Pronotum 
  narrower 
  and 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  

   uniseriata. 
  Fore 
  coxa 
  slender, 
  about 
  1.25 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pronotum; 
  fore 
  

   femur 
  slender, 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  long 
  postero-ventral 
  spines 
  as 
  in 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  species, 
  but 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  short 
  spines 
  between 
  each 
  pair 
  

   of 
  antero-ventral 
  spines, 
  a 
  rather 
  irregular 
  series 
  of 
  short 
  setulae 
  

   ventrad 
  of 
  them; 
  antero-ventral 
  setulae 
  on 
  fore 
  tibia 
  very 
  short; 
  

   tibia 
  and 
  tarsus 
  as 
  in 
  uniseriata. 
  Apical 
  sternite 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  preceding 
  one; 
  hypopygium 
  long, 
  dark 
  and 
  polished 
  medianly, 
  

   claspers 
  long, 
  slender, 
  much 
  curved 
  but 
  not 
  tapered, 
  ending 
  abruptly 
  

   in 
  a 
  sharp 
  point, 
  posterior 
  hypopygial 
  border 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  stout 
  

   spike. 
  Discal 
  cell 
  of 
  forewing 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  as 
  in 
  figures 
  82 
  

   and 
  83. 
  

  

  Length. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  La 
  Chorrera, 
  Panama, 
  May 
  17, 
  1912, 
  A. 
  Busck 
  (U.S. 
  

   N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Male, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26725, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  SIMILIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  structure, 
  

   differing 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  key, 
  and 
  in 
  size. 
  Forewings 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  84. 
  

  

  Length, 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Los 
  Borregas, 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  May 
  23, 
  1904, 
  H. 
  S. 
  

   Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Male, 
  Cat, 
  No. 
  26726. 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  