﻿art. 
  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  33 
  

  

  diameter 
  ; 
  fore 
  coxa 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  prothoracic 
  pedicel; 
  fore 
  

   femur 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  pedicel, 
  the 
  basal 
  spine 
  long, 
  normal. 
  

  

  Length, 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Frontera, 
  Tabasco, 
  Mexico, 
  June, 
  1897, 
  Townsend 
  

   (Iowa 
  State 
  College). 
  

  

  STENOLEMUS 
  SPINIGER, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male 
  and 
  female. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  hirtipes 
  in 
  color, 
  the 
  wings 
  marked 
  

   as 
  in 
  figure 
  29, 
  but 
  rather 
  variable 
  in 
  intensity 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  markings. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  characters 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  key, 
  the 
  peduncle 
  of 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  is 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  anterior 
  lobe 
  (on 
  dorsum) 
  and 
  

   distinctly 
  tapered 
  anteriorly 
  (fig. 
  30), 
  not 
  equally 
  thick 
  the 
  whole 
  

   length 
  as 
  in 
  hirtipes; 
  the 
  vein 
  emitted 
  by 
  basal 
  discal 
  cell 
  is 
  longer 
  

   and 
  nearer 
  base 
  of 
  cell 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  outstanding 
  stout 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  posteroventral 
  surface 
  of 
  fore 
  

   femur. 
  Thoracic 
  spines 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  31. 
  

  

  Length 
  : 
  10-12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype.— 
  Male, 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  May 
  21, 
  1904, 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber. 
  

   Allotype, 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  A. 
  Jagow. 
  Paratopes, 
  one 
  female. 
  

   Escuintla, 
  Guatemala. 
  August, 
  1898. 
  F. 
  Knab; 
  one 
  female 
  with 
  label 
  

   "Venedo" 
  and 
  no 
  other 
  data 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  one 
  female, 
  Brownsville. 
  

   Tex., 
  Dorner 
  (111. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Survey) 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  male, 
  Motzorongo, 
  

   V. 
  C, 
  Mexico, 
  Feb. 
  11, 
  1892 
  (Iowa 
  State 
  College). 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  nymph 
  from 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  April 
  30, 
  1904, 
  

   H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  which 
  may 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  or 
  to 
  

   hirtipes, 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  only 
  tw 
  r 
  o 
  outstanding 
  postero- 
  ventral 
  spines 
  

   on 
  fore 
  femur 
  apparently 
  associating 
  it 
  with 
  hirtipes, 
  though 
  we 
  

   have 
  seen 
  no 
  specimens 
  of 
  that 
  species 
  from 
  Texas. 
  The 
  mesonotum 
  

   and 
  metanotum 
  bear 
  no 
  spines; 
  each 
  abdominal 
  tergite 
  has 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  four 
  long 
  tubercles 
  near 
  posterior 
  margin 
  and 
  numerous 
  minute 
  

   discal 
  papillae, 
  while 
  each 
  sternite 
  has 
  about 
  eight 
  small 
  papillae 
  

   along 
  posterior 
  margin. 
  

  

  Type, 
  allotype, 
  and 
  paratypes. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26710. 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  STENOLEMUS 
  PERPLEXUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male 
  and 
  female. 
  — 
  Very 
  similar 
  in 
  coloration 
  and 
  structure 
  to 
  

   spiniger, 
  the 
  dark 
  color 
  more 
  intense 
  as 
  a 
  rule. 
  The 
  pedicel 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  is 
  longer, 
  being 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  anterior 
  lobe; 
  the 
  

   upper 
  margin 
  of 
  male 
  hypopygium 
  between 
  the 
  claspers 
  has 
  no 
  pro- 
  

   nounced 
  notch 
  in 
  center 
  in 
  perplexus 
  while 
  in 
  spiniger 
  it 
  has. 
  The 
  

   other 
  distinctions 
  are 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  key. 
  Thoracic 
  spines 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  

   32. 
  

  

  Length, 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  El 
  Campamento 
  Col. 
  Perene, 
  Peru, 
  June 
  21, 
  

   1920 
  (Cornell 
  Univ. 
  Exped., 
  Lot 
  569). 
  Allotype. 
  Jatahy, 
  Prov. 
  

   Goyas, 
  Brazil, 
  1889, 
  H. 
  Donckier 
  (Paris 
  Museum). 
  

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