﻿art. 
  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  — 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  45 
  

  

  2. 
  Basal 
  discal 
  cells 
  of 
  forewings 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  59; 
  prothorax 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   rapax 
  (fig. 
  57), 
  but 
  the 
  anterior 
  lobe 
  is 
  not 
  narrowed 
  posteriorly. 
  

  

  testaceus, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  45). 
  

   Basal 
  discal 
  cells 
  of 
  forewings 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  60; 
  prothorax 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  

   preceding 
  species, 
  the 
  anterior 
  lobe 
  declivitous 
  in 
  front 
  (fig. 
  61). 
  

  

  difflnis, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  46). 
  

  

  EMESA 
  (ROTHBERGIA) 
  TESTACEUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Pale 
  brownish 
  testaceous, 
  without 
  distinguishable 
  mark- 
  

   ings. 
  

  

  Head 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  tylus 
  forming 
  a 
  ridge 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   eyes, 
  posterior 
  lobe 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  median 
  hump 
  just 
  behind 
  con- 
  

   striction 
  ; 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  beak 
  over 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  second 
  ; 
  second 
  

   antennal 
  segment 
  not 
  two 
  thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  first, 
  third 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  fourth, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  combined 
  over 
  three 
  fourths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   second. 
  Anterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  prothorax 
  not 
  narrowed 
  posteriorly, 
  arcuate, 
  

   with 
  a 
  tubercle 
  in 
  front 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  a 
  percurrent 
  median 
  

   longitudinal 
  sulcus, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  separated 
  from 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  lobe 
  by 
  a 
  deep 
  constriction 
  ; 
  fore 
  coxal 
  cavities 
  slightly 
  flaring, 
  

   the 
  prosternal 
  sulcus 
  almost 
  vertical, 
  pointed 
  posteriorly; 
  posterior 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  prothorax 
  about 
  four 
  fifths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  anterior, 
  subquadrate, 
  

   without 
  tubercles 
  or 
  distinct 
  elevations 
  ; 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  metanotum 
  

   slightly 
  elevated 
  in 
  center. 
  Abdomen 
  elongate, 
  slightly 
  ovate, 
  tergites 
  

   1 
  to 
  7 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  eighth 
  very 
  short, 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  

   about 
  one 
  fourth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  seventh 
  and 
  over 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  

   long, 
  ninth 
  longer 
  than 
  eighth, 
  transverse 
  at 
  apex, 
  disk 
  depressed, 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  and 
  median 
  line 
  elevated. 
  Fore 
  femur 
  stouter 
  than 
  usual, 
  tapered 
  

   apically, 
  armature 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  key 
  ; 
  fore 
  tibia 
  well 
  over 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  femur 
  (40:67) 
  and 
  equal 
  to 
  fore 
  coxa; 
  the 
  three 
  tarsal 
  segments 
  

   subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  rather 
  large, 
  divergent. 
  Venation 
  

   of 
  forewings 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Emesa 
  praecellens, 
  basal 
  cells 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  59. 
  

  

  Length, 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Cacao, 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Guatemala, 
  June, 
  1907, 
  G. 
  P. 
  

   Goll 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Female, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26712, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  EMESA 
  (ROTHBERGIA) 
  RAPAX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Similar 
  in 
  color 
  to 
  testaceus; 
  differs 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  key. 
  

   Apical 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  flap 
  extending 
  over 
  hypopygium, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  opening 
  upward, 
  claspers 
  rather 
  short, 
  pointed 
  apically 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  incurved, 
  the 
  process 
  from 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  hypopygium 
  

   erect, 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  thin 
  and 
  rounded 
  apically. 
  There 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  

   bristle 
  on 
  anteroventral 
  surface 
  of 
  fore 
  femur 
  basad 
  of 
  the 
  break 
  in 
  

   the 
  series 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  tarsus 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  femur, 
  the 
  fore 
  tibia 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  

  

  