﻿58 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  the 
  largest 
  on 
  tergite 
  6. 
  Fore 
  coxa 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  pronotum, 
  

   minutely 
  granulose, 
  each 
  granule 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  pale 
  hair 
  which 
  

   is 
  directed 
  towards 
  apex 
  of 
  coxa; 
  fore 
  trochanter 
  with 
  two 
  thorns 
  

   on 
  elevated 
  bases; 
  fore 
  femur 
  curved 
  outwardly 
  at 
  middle, 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  granulose 
  as 
  in 
  coxae, 
  the 
  elevated 
  bases 
  of 
  long 
  postero- 
  

   ventral 
  spines 
  about. 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  femoral 
  diameter, 
  the 
  longest 
  

   spines 
  at 
  least 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  their 
  bases, 
  the 
  short 
  spines 
  also 
  with 
  

   elevated 
  bases, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  between 
  each 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  longer 
  spines 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  nearer 
  to 
  ventral 
  surface 
  than 
  that 
  series, 
  the 
  spines 
  

   of 
  postero-ventral 
  series 
  are 
  curved 
  outward 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  antero- 
  

   ventral 
  series 
  inward 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  tibia 
  lies 
  entirely 
  clear 
  of 
  them 
  

   when 
  it 
  is 
  placed 
  against 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  femur; 
  fore 
  

   tibia 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  distinct 
  semierect 
  setulae 
  along 
  postero-ventral 
  

   surface 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  series 
  of 
  longer 
  setulae 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  antero- 
  

   ventral 
  surface; 
  fore 
  tarsus 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tibia, 
  with 
  

   some 
  setulae 
  along 
  the 
  postero-ventral 
  margin 
  of 
  basal 
  segment. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4—4.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Tlolotype. 
  — 
  Female 
  Cacao, 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Alta 
  Vera 
  Paz, 
  Guate- 
  

   mala, 
  April 
  20; 
  paratype 
  female 
  topotypical, 
  April 
  14, 
  E. 
  A. 
  

   Schwarz 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  paratype.— 
  Female, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26720, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  CAROLINA 
  (Herrich-Schaffer). 
  

  

  Emesodema 
  mrolvna 
  Herrich-Schaffer, 
  G. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Die 
  wanzenartigen 
  In- 
  

   secten, 
  vol. 
  9, 
  1853, 
  p. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  936 
  [Carolina]. 
  

  

  A 
  dark 
  brown 
  species 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  dorso-central 
  line 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax, 
  the 
  fore 
  femora 
  with 
  fairly 
  prominent 
  pale 
  annuli 
  and 
  the 
  

   apices 
  of 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  yellowish. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  browm 
  and 
  

   faintly 
  marbled 
  with 
  darker 
  brown, 
  not 
  distinctly 
  reticulated 
  with 
  

   fine 
  brown 
  lines 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  other 
  species; 
  a 
  darker 
  spot 
  in 
  discal 
  

   cell. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  nymph 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  noticeable 
  central 
  elevation 
  on 
  an- 
  

   terior 
  margin 
  of 
  posterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  head, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  mature 
  specimens 
  

   this 
  is 
  almost 
  or 
  entirely 
  absent. 
  The 
  apterous 
  forms 
  have 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  tapered 
  posteriorly 
  and 
  almost 
  without 
  a 
  constriction 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  on 
  top, 
  the 
  sides 
  somewhat 
  flared; 
  in 
  the 
  

   winged 
  forms 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  is* 
  noticeably 
  flared 
  dorsally 
  also. 
  

   Male 
  hypopygium 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  border 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  75. 
  Fore 
  

   femur 
  stout, 
  with 
  G 
  or 
  7 
  long 
  postero-ventral 
  spines, 
  the 
  longest 
  

   fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  femoral 
  diameter, 
  the 
  apical 
  one 
  well 
  beyond 
  

   middle 
  of 
  femur; 
  fore 
  tibia 
  without 
  readily 
  distinguishable 
  setulae, 
  

   but 
  somewhat 
  densely 
  haired. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4.5-5.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  