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  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARIINAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  55 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  SICARIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male.— 
  Coloration 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  brunnea 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  and 
  a 
  carinate 
  line 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  disk 
  of 
  mesonotum, 
  white; 
  

   the 
  costa 
  of 
  forewing 
  is 
  more 
  extensively 
  reddish, 
  and 
  the 
  cell 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  apical 
  cross 
  vein 
  is 
  entirely 
  fuscous 
  instead 
  of 
  only 
  partly 
  so. 
  

  

  Proportions 
  of 
  fore 
  tibia 
  and 
  fore 
  femur 
  20:35 
  (in 
  brunnea 
  

   25:45); 
  claws 
  of 
  fore 
  tarsi 
  slightly 
  unequal 
  as 
  in 
  brunnea. 
  Upper 
  

   margin 
  of 
  hypopygium 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  bispina 
  (fig. 
  77) 
  but 
  the 
  

   spines 
  much 
  shorter; 
  claspers 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  70, 
  more 
  abruptly 
  nar- 
  

   rowed 
  than 
  in 
  brunnea. 
  

  

  Length, 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype.— 
  Huachi 
  Beni, 
  Bolivia, 
  September, 
  1922, 
  W. 
  M. 
  Mann. 
  

   [Mulford 
  Biological 
  Expedition] 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Gat. 
  No. 
  26717 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  PLOIARIA 
  SETULIFERA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  A 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  species 
  without 
  conspicuous* 
  

   markings, 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  hind 
  and 
  mid 
  femora 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  brown 
  markings 
  consisting 
  of 
  poorly 
  defined 
  spots 
  or 
  

   streaks, 
  the 
  most 
  noticeable 
  situated 
  in 
  middle 
  of 
  discal 
  cell 
  and 
  

   just 
  behind 
  discal 
  cell 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  wing. 
  

  

  Head 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  pilicornis; 
  preapical 
  and 
  apical 
  antennal 
  

   segments 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  last 
  two 
  species 
  as 
  to 
  proportions. 
  Pronotum 
  

   almost 
  uniform 
  in 
  width 
  to 
  near 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   slightly 
  flared, 
  microscopically 
  granulose 
  and 
  not 
  sulcate; 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  shallow 
  broad 
  central 
  sulcus. 
  Fore 
  coxa 
  about 
  

   1.5 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pronotum; 
  fore 
  trochanter 
  with 
  some 
  fine 
  hairs 
  and 
  

   one 
  or 
  two 
  distinct, 
  but 
  short 
  bristles; 
  fore 
  femur 
  as 
  in 
  preceding 
  

   two 
  species; 
  fore 
  tibia 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  femur, 
  with 
  a 
  ventral 
  series 
  

   of 
  decumbent 
  setulae, 
  which 
  are 
  directed 
  apicad, 
  very 
  minute 
  at 
  base 
  

   and 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  longer 
  apically; 
  fore 
  tarsus 
  over 
  three 
  

   fourths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tibia, 
  extending 
  almost 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  femur. 
  

  

  Forewing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  71. 
  

  

  Length, 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype.— 
  West 
  Lake, 
  Cape 
  Sable, 
  Fla., 
  February 
  26, 
  1919, 
  A. 
  

   Wetmore; 
  Paradise 
  Key, 
  Fla., 
  March 
  10, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz 
  and 
  H. 
  

   S. 
  Barber 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Female, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26718, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  also 
  three 
  nymphs 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  localities 
  which 
  agree 
  

   in 
  most 
  respects 
  with 
  the 
  foregoing 
  description. 
  The 
  wingpads 
  

   are 
  present, 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  two 
  segments 
  in 
  the 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  the 
  arma- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  is 
  relatively 
  stronger 
  (especially 
  in 
  the 
  brist- 
  

   ling 
  of 
  the 
  trochanter), 
  more 
  noticeably 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  younger 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  

  

  