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  1 
  AMERICAN 
  PL0IAR1INAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  51 
  

  

  7. 
  Fore 
  coxa 
  shorter 
  than 
  fore 
  tihia 
  ; 
  wings 
  entirely 
  absent 
  8 
  

  

  Fore 
  coxa 
  as 
  long 
  as, 
  or 
  longer 
  than, 
  fore 
  tibia 
  ; 
  wings 
  or 
  wing 
  pads 
  

  

  present 
  9 
  

  

  ■8. 
  The 
  long 
  spines 
  on 
  postero-ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  fore 
  femur 
  forming 
  a 
  series 
  

  

  distinctly 
  laterad 
  of 
  the 
  short 
  setnlae 
  marginata 
  (Heineken) 
  (p. 
  65). 
  

  

  The 
  long 
  spines 
  on 
  posteroventral 
  surfaces 
  of 
  fore 
  femur 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  series 
  

  

  as 
  the 
  short 
  setulae 
  aptera, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  66 
  i 
  

  

  9. 
  Fore 
  coxa 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  fore 
  tibia 
  ( 
  tig. 
  80) 
  ; 
  anterior 
  lobe 
  ol 
  

   bead 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  but 
  deep 
  sulcus 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  spines 
  on 
  fore 
  femur 
  dis 
  

  

  tinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  femoral 
  diammeter 
  10 
  

  

  Fore 
  coxa 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  fore 
  tibia 
  ; 
  anterior 
  lobe 
  of 
  head 
  without 
  

   a 
  sulcus 
  12 
  

  

  10. 
  Mesonotum 
  rather 
  depressed, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  elliptical 
  sulcus 
  extending 
  nearly 
  

  

  its 
  entire 
  length 
  ; 
  only 
  soft 
  hairs 
  between 
  the 
  strong 
  postero-ventral 
  

   spines 
  on 
  fore 
  femur 
  ; 
  thorax 
  pale 
  above 
  ; 
  legs 
  not 
  banded 
  ; 
  length 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  

   diseal 
  cell 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  81, 
  the 
  inner 
  apical 
  part 
  angulate. 
  

  

  uniseriata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  61). 
  

   Mesonotum 
  well 
  arched 
  hotli 
  transversely 
  and 
  longitudinally, 
  without 
  me- 
  

   dian 
  depression 
  ; 
  legs 
  banded 
  ; 
  short 
  spines 
  between 
  the 
  strong 
  postero- 
  

   ventral 
  spines 
  on 
  fore 
  femur 
  ; 
  larger 
  species, 
  darker 
  colored 
  ; 
  inner 
  apical 
  

   part 
  of 
  diseal 
  cell 
  of 
  forewings 
  rounded 
  (fig. 
  82) 
  11 
  

  

  11. 
  Male 
  hypopygial 
  claspers 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  genital 
  segment; 
  length 
  of 
  in- 
  

  

  sect 
  mm 
  punctipes, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  62). 
  

  

  Male 
  hypopygial 
  claspers 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  genital 
  segment 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  8 
  mm 
  similis, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  62). 
  

  

  12. 
  Distance 
  bwtween 
  eyes 
  on 
  dorsum 
  of 
  head 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  one 
  

  

  eye 
  : 
  antennae 
  short 
  hispid 
  or 
  microscopically 
  pubescent 
  13 
  

  

  Distance 
  between 
  eyes 
  on 
  dor*uni 
  of 
  head 
  not 
  greater 
  than 
  width 
  of 
  one 
  

   eye 
  ; 
  basal 
  two 
  antennal 
  segments 
  distinctly 
  hairy, 
  the 
  hairs 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  diameter 
  of 
  segments 
  14 
  

  

  13. 
  Fore 
  tarsus 
  fully 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  fore 
  tibia 
  ; 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  male 
  hy- 
  

  

  popygium 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  75 
  Carolina 
  (Herrich-Schaffer) 
  (p. 
  58). 
  

  

  Fore 
  tarsus 
  not 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  fore 
  tibia 
  ; 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  male 
  

   bypopygium 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  76 
  floridana 
  (Bergroth) 
  (p. 
  59). 
  

  

  14. 
  Wings 
  whitish, 
  without 
  distinct 
  markings; 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  antenna 
  at 
  

  

  least 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  entire 
  insect 
  14a 
  

  

  Wings 
  brownish, 
  with 
  dark 
  markings; 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  antenna 
  not 
  as 
  

  

  long 
  as 
  entire 
  insect 
  15 
  

  

  14a. 
  Diseal 
  cell 
  of 
  forewing 
  broad, 
  not 
  over 
  2.5 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  and 
  

   about 
  four-fifths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  vein 
  emanating 
  from 
  its 
  apex 
  ; 
  cross-vein 
  

   at 
  two-fifths 
  from 
  apex 
  of 
  longitudinal 
  vein. 
  

  

  albipennis, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  60). 
  

   Diseal 
  cell 
  of 
  forewing 
  narrow, 
  at 
  least 
  five 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   width 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  vein 
  emanating 
  from 
  its 
  apex; 
  cross- 
  

   vein 
  at 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  from 
  apex 
  of 
  longitudinal 
  vein. 
  

  

  umbrarum, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  60). 
  

  

  15. 
  Antennal 
  hairs 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  diameter 
  of 
  segments; 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  

  

  male 
  bypopygium 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  77 
  bispina, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  59). 
  

  

  Antennal 
  hairs 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  segments 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   border 
  of 
  male 
  bypopygium 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  79. 
  

  

  pilicornis, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  61). 
  

  

  16. 
  Eye 
  wider 
  than 
  interocular 
  space 
  (fig. 
  67) 
  17 
  

  

  Eye 
  not 
  wider 
  than 
  interocular 
  space 
  (fig. 
  72) 
  19 
  

  

  