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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  group, 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  

   setulifera, 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  China, 
  F. 
  W. 
  Terry 
  (Bueno). 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  GUNDLACHI 
  (Dohrn). 
  

  

  Luteva 
  gundlachi 
  Dohrn, 
  A. 
  Emesina, 
  1860, 
  p. 
  244, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  19 
  [Cuba]. 
  

  

  A 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  species 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   markings. 
  The 
  most 
  constant 
  marks 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  

   before 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  femora, 
  the 
  former 
  having 
  

   three 
  rudimentary 
  vittae 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  a 
  broad 
  subapical 
  band. 
  

   The 
  wings 
  have 
  more 
  numerous 
  brown 
  spots 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  species, 
  three 
  on 
  costa 
  (one 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  discal 
  cell, 
  one 
  about 
  

   one 
  third 
  from 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  about 
  one 
  fourth 
  from 
  apex) 
  

   being 
  most 
  conspicuous; 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  elongate 
  marks, 
  one 
  in 
  discal 
  

   cell 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  between 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  and 
  

   hind 
  margin, 
  from 
  which 
  emanate 
  brown 
  linear 
  markings 
  giving 
  

   the 
  wing 
  a 
  reticulated 
  appearance. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  72. 
  Pronotum 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  mesonotum, 
  

   almost 
  parallel-sided 
  to 
  near 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  then 
  dilated, 
  not 
  

   silicate; 
  mesonotum 
  slightly 
  widened 
  posteriorly 
  and 
  like 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum, 
  opaque 
  and 
  with 
  fine 
  decumbent 
  pubescence. 
  Hind 
  border 
  

   of 
  male 
  hypopygium 
  without 
  a 
  central 
  spine, 
  furnished 
  with 
  many 
  

   stiff, 
  backwardly 
  directed 
  hairs 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  bases 
  of 
  claspers, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  slender 
  apically, 
  much 
  curved 
  and 
  hairy. 
  Fore 
  legs 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  Transverse 
  apical 
  vein 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  

   midway 
  between 
  apex 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  wing. 
  

  

  Length, 
  9-10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Localities, 
  Balthazar, 
  Grenada, 
  West 
  Indies, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith 
  (U.S. 
  

   N.M.) 
  ; 
  Cayenne, 
  French 
  Guiana, 
  February, 
  1917 
  (Carnegie 
  Mus.) 
  : 
  

   Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  July, 
  1914 
  (Amer. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  VARIPENNIS, 
  new 
  specie. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  color 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  preapical 
  fem- 
  

   oral 
  band 
  and 
  mesonotal 
  markings 
  are 
  very 
  faint 
  or 
  absent. 
  The 
  

   markings 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  are 
  darker, 
  and 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  pat- 
  

   tern, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  large 
  dark 
  brown 
  spot 
  on 
  costa, 
  namely, 
  

   the 
  one 
  about 
  one-third 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  discal 
  cell, 
  the 
  others 
  being 
  

   very 
  small 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  conspicuous 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  spots 
  on 
  wing. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  in 
  gundlachi. 
  Male 
  hypopygium 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  rounded 
  

   centra^ 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  border 
  and 
  with 
  fewer 
  and 
  finer 
  hairs 
  

   than 
  in 
  last 
  species, 
  the 
  claspers 
  more 
  abruptly 
  curved. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  

   as 
  in 
  figure 
  73. 
  Fore 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  74. 
  

  

  Length, 
  10-11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  A 
  male; 
  allotype, 
  and 
  five 
  nymphs, 
  Cacao, 
  Trece 
  

   Aguas, 
  Alto 
  Vera 
  Paz, 
  Guatemala, 
  April 
  23. 
  Paratype 
  female, 
  and 
  

  

  