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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  Feb. 
  19, 
  A. 
  Busck; 
  Feb. 
  17, 
  1911, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz; 
  Upper 
  Pequiru 
  

   River, 
  Camp 
  No. 
  3, 
  Panama, 
  A. 
  H. 
  Jennings; 
  Buena 
  Ventura, 
  

   Panama, 
  March 
  1911, 
  A. 
  Busck 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  paratopes. 
  — 
  Female, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26746, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  GHILIANELLA 
  ASSA-NUTRIX 
  Bergroth. 
  

  

  Ghilianella 
  assa-nutrix 
  Bergeoth. 
  Ploeariinen 
  1906, 
  pp. 
  314^5 
  [Venezuela]. 
  

   Male. 
  — 
  General 
  color 
  dark 
  reddish-brown, 
  frontal 
  spine 
  pale; 
  the 
  

   usual 
  patches 
  of 
  pilosity 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  extensive 
  than 
  in 
  average 
  

   species, 
  the 
  metathoracic 
  patches 
  contiguous 
  over 
  dorsum, 
  color 
  of 
  

   pile 
  in 
  general 
  sordid 
  yellowish, 
  tending 
  to 
  be 
  golden 
  in 
  the 
  denser 
  

   patches; 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  patches 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  small 
  

   rounded 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  each 
  tergite 
  from 
  2-6, 
  

   largest 
  on 
  4; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  and 
  adjacent 
  disk 
  of 
  second 
  

   also 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  golden 
  pubescence; 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  

   more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  sixth, 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  corrugated 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  tapering 
  apically 
  into 
  a 
  long, 
  roof-shaped, 
  

   pointed 
  process 
  which 
  exceeds 
  hypopygium 
  by 
  more 
  than 
  length 
  of 
  

   latter; 
  sternum 
  unkeeled; 
  sutures 
  between 
  sternites 
  directed 
  moder- 
  

   ately 
  forward 
  ; 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  six 
  and 
  seven 
  rounded 
  emarginate 
  

   medianly, 
  and 
  arcuate 
  laterally 
  ; 
  eighth 
  narrow, 
  transverse, 
  spiracle 
  

   moderately 
  pedunculate; 
  hypopygium 
  with 
  a 
  terminal, 
  anteriorly 
  

   and 
  upwardly 
  directed 
  hook, 
  margin 
  receding 
  and 
  arcuate 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  this; 
  claspers 
  oblong, 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  apically 
  (fig. 
  187). 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Color 
  and 
  pubescence 
  as 
  in 
  male. 
  Abdomen 
  widening 
  

   gradually 
  from 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  second 
  segment 
  to 
  about 
  middle 
  of 
  

   fifth, 
  and 
  increasing 
  in 
  depth, 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  side, 
  to 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  

   seventh 
  segment. 
  Hind 
  margins 
  of 
  tergites 
  1-5 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  of 
  

   six 
  slightly 
  convex 
  posteriorly, 
  of 
  seven 
  slightly 
  prominent 
  medianly, 
  

   concave 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  this, 
  with 
  acute 
  divergent 
  lateral 
  processes 
  as 
  

   described 
  in 
  key; 
  eighth 
  tergite 
  short, 
  semielliptical, 
  depressed 
  

   medianly, 
  and 
  with 
  obliquely 
  transverse 
  wrinkling 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   depression; 
  ninth 
  tergite 
  longer 
  than 
  eighth, 
  an 
  oblique 
  impression 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  middle 
  near 
  base, 
  the 
  median 
  line 
  elevated, 
  especially 
  

   near 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  distinct 
  carina 
  joining 
  the 
  raised 
  apical 
  

   margin; 
  the 
  surface 
  near 
  apex 
  is 
  polished, 
  with 
  two 
  subsidiary 
  

   oblique 
  ridges 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  one. 
  Hind 
  margins 
  of 
  sternites 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  concave 
  posteriorly, 
  that 
  of 
  six 
  most 
  so; 
  seventh 
  slightly 
  

   convex 
  medianly, 
  and 
  concave 
  laterally; 
  eighth 
  moderately 
  exposed, 
  

   the 
  spiracle 
  barely 
  visible 
  from 
  the 
  side. 
  

  

  Length, 
  28-30 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male 
  and 
  female 
  San 
  Esteban, 
  Venezuela, 
  March, 
  1888, 
  E. 
  Simon 
  

   (Coll. 
  E. 
  Bergroth). 
  One 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  San 
  Esteban, 
  Venezuela, 
  Oct.-Nov., 
  1910, 
  M. 
  A. 
  Car- 
  

   riker, 
  jr. 
  (Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila.). 
  One 
  male, 
  Caracas 
  (Cophenhagen 
  

   Mus.). 
  

  

  