﻿art. 
  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  21 
  

  

  whitish 
  submedian 
  vitlae 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  reach 
  anterior 
  or 
  posterior 
  

   margins, 
  the 
  space 
  betwen 
  them 
  yellowish, 
  laterad 
  of 
  these 
  and 
  across 
  

   their 
  posterior 
  extremities 
  dark 
  brown, 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  

   narrowly 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  in 
  middle, 
  broadly 
  so 
  on 
  each 
  posterior 
  Ma- 
  

   terial 
  angle, 
  dorsum 
  with 
  rather 
  dense 
  decumbent 
  white 
  hairs; 
  meso- 
  

   notal 
  spine 
  dark 
  brown, 
  pale 
  at 
  tip; 
  mentanotal 
  spine 
  whitish; 
  basal 
  

   abdominal 
  spine 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Abdomen 
  brown, 
  venter 
  unspotted, 
  

   spiracles 
  and 
  a 
  connexival 
  streak 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  them 
  on 
  each 
  segment, 
  

   whitish. 
  Wing 
  spots 
  not 
  irrorate; 
  stigma 
  from 
  cross-vein 
  to 
  near 
  

   tip 
  filled 
  with 
  two 
  contiguous 
  or 
  subcontiguous 
  brown 
  or 
  fuscous 
  

   spots. 
  

  

  Lateral 
  pronotal 
  carina 
  complete, 
  without 
  anterior 
  process; 
  me- 
  

   dian 
  process 
  on 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  stout, 
  conspicuous. 
  Fore 
  

   coxa 
  slender, 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pronotum 
  and 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  femur. 
  

   Vein 
  closing 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  much 
  curved. 
  Apical 
  anten- 
  

   nal 
  segment 
  fully 
  one-third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  preapical. 
  Male 
  genitalia 
  as 
  

   in 
  figure 
  8. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4-5.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Localities. 
  — 
  Sanford, 
  Fla., 
  April 
  26, 
  1908, 
  Mandeville, 
  Jamaica, 
  

   April 
  1906, 
  E. 
  P. 
  Van 
  Duzee 
  (Type 
  material 
  Ploeariola 
  mansueta 
  

   Bergroth, 
  Coll. 
  Van 
  Duzee) 
  ; 
  Aibonito, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  July 
  14-17, 
  1914 
  

   (Am. 
  Mus.) 
  ; 
  Paraiso, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  February 
  10, 
  1911 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz; 
  

   Cacao 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Guatemala, 
  April 
  21, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  

   Barber; 
  Vega 
  Alta, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  February 
  26, 
  1917, 
  R. 
  J. 
  Cotton, 
  

   Paradise 
  Key, 
  Fla., 
  Feb. 
  28, 
  1918, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Se- 
  

   bastian, 
  Fla., 
  February 
  11, 
  1919, 
  A. 
  Wetmore 
  (Biol. 
  Survey) 
  ; 
  

   Gainesville, 
  Fla., 
  June 
  9, 
  1918, 
  C. 
  J. 
  Drake 
  (Drake.). 
  

  

  We 
  had 
  this 
  species 
  identified 
  as 
  armatus 
  Champion 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  Doctor 
  Bergroth's 
  paper 
  and 
  to 
  settle 
  whether 
  we 
  

   were 
  in 
  error 
  we 
  requested 
  W. 
  E. 
  China 
  to 
  supply 
  data 
  from 
  an 
  

   examination 
  of 
  the 
  type. 
  The 
  information 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  by 
  that 
  

   gentleman 
  confirms 
  our 
  identification 
  and 
  synonymy. 
  

  

  EMPICORIS 
  SUBPARALLELUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male.— 
  Similar 
  to 
  nudus 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  structure, 
  differing 
  as 
  stated 
  

   in 
  ke} 
  r 
  . 
  The 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  antennae 
  are 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  

   nudus, 
  and 
  especially 
  apically, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  in 
  nudus 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  almost 
  entirely 
  fuscous 
  whereas 
  in 
  subparallelus 
  they 
  are 
  largely 
  

   white, 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  having 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  

   larger 
  one 
  near 
  apex. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Cayamas, 
  Cuba, 
  March 
  2, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  specimen 
  from 
  Brownville, 
  Texas, 
  May 
  7, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber, 
  

   (U.S.N.M.), 
  lacking 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  appears 
  to 
  belong 
  

  

  