﻿art. 
  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  71 
  

  

  cave, 
  and 
  of 
  8 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  laterally 
  ; 
  9th 
  sternite 
  polished, 
  its 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  rounded 
  emargination 
  (fig. 
  98) 
  ; 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  

   9th 
  sternite 
  visible 
  from 
  above 
  shorter 
  than 
  7th 
  tergite 
  without 
  me- 
  

   dian 
  process, 
  the 
  latter 
  ligulate, 
  rather 
  pointed 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  remainder 
  of 
  its 
  tergite, 
  proportion 
  to 
  whole 
  tergite 
  as 
  18 
  is 
  to 
  37, 
  

   (fig. 
  108). 
  

  

  Length, 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male 
  Turrialba, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  Schild 
  and 
  Burgdorf 
  (U. 
  

  

  S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Male, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26730, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  GARDENA 
  DOMITIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Hypopygium 
  strigate, 
  not 
  so 
  shining 
  as 
  usual, 
  part 
  visible 
  

   from 
  above 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  7th 
  tergite 
  including 
  process, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   broad, 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  its 
  length 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  tergite 
  as 
  

   12 
  is 
  to 
  27 
  (fig. 
  109) 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  hypopygium 
  transverse 
  (fig. 
  

   lor>) 
  : 
  clasper 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  106. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Connexivum 
  elevated 
  posteriorly, 
  pale-edged; 
  6th 
  ter- 
  

   gite 
  rounded 
  apically; 
  8th 
  semi-circular 
  in 
  shape; 
  9th 
  broad, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  inflated, 
  depressed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  apically; 
  7th 
  sternite 
  promi- 
  

   nently 
  inflated 
  anteriorly, 
  posterior 
  process 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  key, 
  the 
  

   margins 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  slightly 
  sinuate, 
  (fig. 
  110). 
  

  

  Length, 
  20-22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  allotype 
  female, 
  with 
  genital 
  segments 
  well 
  pre- 
  

   served, 
  and 
  another 
  pair 
  with 
  them 
  damaged, 
  Pachitea, 
  P(eru. 
  

   (Bueno). 
  

  

  Paratypes. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Lower 
  Mamore 
  River, 
  Bolivia, 
  Dec. 
  1913, 
  2 
  

   females, 
  La 
  Juntas, 
  Bolivia, 
  Dec. 
  1913, 
  Quatra 
  Ojos, 
  Nov. 
  1913, 
  J. 
  

   Steinbach 
  (Carnegie 
  Mus.) 
  

  

  GARDENA 
  EUTROPIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Color 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  pipara. 
  Process 
  of 
  7th 
  tergite 
  

   of 
  moderate 
  length, 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  remainder 
  of 
  tergite 
  as 
  2 
  is 
  to 
  

   3, 
  its 
  apex 
  rounded. 
  Hind 
  margin 
  of 
  6th 
  sternite 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  

   deep 
  median 
  emargination, 
  and 
  strong 
  sinuations 
  on 
  each 
  side; 
  sev- 
  

   enth 
  and 
  eighth 
  sternites 
  distinctly 
  although 
  shallowly 
  concave 
  

   medianly 
  and 
  convex 
  laterally. 
  Ninth 
  sternite 
  long, 
  opening 
  up- 
  

   ward, 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  straight; 
  viewed 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  flaring 
  

   part 
  of 
  cleft 
  is 
  short, 
  bordered 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  broad, 
  sloping, 
  trun- 
  

   cate 
  process, 
  beneath 
  which 
  the 
  claspers 
  are 
  withdrawn 
  (fig. 
  Ill) 
  ; 
  

   claspers 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  key 
  (fig. 
  99). 
  

  

  Length, 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Santarem, 
  Brazil. 
  (Carnegie 
  Mus.) 
  

  

  