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  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  57 
  

  

  one 
  nymph, 
  same 
  locality, 
  April 
  11, 
  and 
  four 
  nymphs, 
  April 
  2, 
  13, 
  

   and 
  21, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

   Type, 
  allotype, 
  and 
  paratype. 
  — 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26719 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  RUFOANNULATA 
  (Bergroth). 
  

  

  Luteva 
  rufoannulata 
  Bekgroth, 
  E. 
  Psyche, 
  vol. 
  IS, 
  No. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1911, 
  pp. 
  

   18-19 
  [Jamaica]. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  

   to 
  gundlachi, 
  the 
  principal 
  distinctions 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  wings. 
  

   The 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  appear 
  to 
  furnish 
  a 
  ready 
  means 
  of 
  

   identification. 
  There 
  are 
  eight 
  dark 
  marks 
  along 
  costa, 
  those 
  op- 
  

   posite 
  base, 
  and 
  middle 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   cross-vein 
  being 
  especially 
  conspicuous, 
  while 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  discal 
  

   linear 
  blackish 
  brown 
  marks 
  that 
  are 
  especially 
  prominent 
  ; 
  one 
  in 
  

   discal 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  below 
  the 
  cross- 
  vein; 
  neither 
  of 
  

   these 
  marks 
  has 
  radiating 
  streaks 
  emanating 
  from 
  it 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  

   in 
  gundla-chi. 
  Mid 
  femur 
  witli 
  a 
  preapical 
  reddish 
  annulus, 
  fore 
  

   coxa 
  with 
  most 
  of 
  apical 
  half, 
  and 
  fore 
  femur 
  with 
  three 
  bands 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  color. 
  

  

  The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  missing 
  in 
  type 
  so 
  that 
  w 
  r 
  e 
  can 
  not 
  compare 
  the 
  

   genitalia 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  gwidlachi, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  structural 
  characters 
  

   the 
  species 
  are 
  very 
  close. 
  

  

  Length 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  hemelytra, 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Mandeville, 
  Jamaica, 
  E. 
  P. 
  Van 
  Duzee 
  (Van 
  Duzee). 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  GRANULATA. 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  A 
  dark-colored 
  species 
  with 
  pale 
  legs, 
  the 
  latter 
  very 
  

   characteristically 
  marked, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  fuscous 
  subapical 
  annulus 
  

   and 
  a 
  broader 
  apical 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  femur, 
  and 
  a 
  mod- 
  

   erately 
  broad 
  basal 
  annulus 
  on 
  each 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  tibia 
  which 
  have 
  

   a 
  median 
  whitish 
  spot 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  that 
  does 
  not 
  entirely 
  encircle 
  

   the 
  tibia. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  yellowish, 
  fuscous 
  at 
  bases 
  and 
  apices 
  

   of 
  segments, 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  subbasal 
  whitish 
  

   annulus. 
  The 
  swollen 
  bases 
  of 
  fore 
  femoral 
  spines 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  

   spines 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Eyes 
  small, 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  distance 
  from 
  their 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  to 
  apex 
  of 
  head; 
  anterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  sulcus; 
  apical 
  antennal 
  segment 
  about 
  1.75 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  subapical; 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  minutely 
  granulate, 
  each 
  

   granule 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  microscopic 
  hair. 
  Wing 
  pads 
  present, 
  

   the 
  mesothoracic 
  pair 
  largest. 
  Abdomen 
  slightly 
  ovate, 
  each 
  tergite 
  

   slightly 
  produced 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  increasing 
  gradually 
  to 
  tergite 
  G, 
  a 
  slight 
  median 
  process 
  near 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  each 
  tergite 
  from 
  second 
  to 
  seventh, 
  inclusive. 
  

  

  