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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  CERATOCOMBUS 
  (CERATOCOMBUS) 
  AREOLATUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Head, 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  scutellum 
  castaneous, 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  

   pale 
  streak 
  traversing 
  the 
  clavus, 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  veins 
  dark, 
  and 
  

   areoles 
  pale 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  key 
  ; 
  body 
  color 
  beneath 
  paler 
  than 
  above, 
  

   legs 
  testaceous. 
  Venation 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  4. 
  Length, 
  

   1.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Female, 
  Cacao 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Guatemala, 
  April 
  20, 
  E. 
  

   A. 
  Schwarz 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber; 
  paratypes, 
  both 
  sexes, 
  Cordoba, 
  Vera 
  

   Cruz, 
  Mexico, 
  May 
  13, 
  15, 
  1908, 
  F. 
  Knab. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27569, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  CERATOCOMBUS 
  AREOLATUS, 
  var. 
  ACCOLA, 
  new 
  variety 
  

  

  T)iffers 
  from 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  be 
  certain, 
  only 
  by 
  

   more 
  uniform 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  the 
  general 
  body 
  color 
  in 
  

   most 
  specimens 
  also 
  is 
  paler. 
  Length, 
  1.25-1.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Female, 
  Grenada, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith; 
  also 
  two 
  males 
  with 
  

   same 
  data. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27570, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  CERATOCOMBUS 
  (CERATOCOMBUS) 
  BRASILIENSIS 
  Reuter 
  

  

  Ceratocombus 
  (C.) 
  brasiliensis 
  Reutek, 
  Monograph, 
  1S91, 
  p. 
  7, 
  fig 
  3 
  

   [Bahia]. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  examined 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  La 
  Moka, 
  labelled 
  Spec. 
  typ. 
  

   No. 
  3429, 
  Mus. 
  Zool. 
  Helsingfors 
  by 
  Poppius. 
  The 
  preceding 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  areolatus, 
  while 
  closely 
  related, 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   characters 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  key. 
  The 
  West 
  Indian 
  records 
  of 
  

   brasiliensis 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  subsequently 
  described 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  major, 
  and 
  the 
  New 
  Mexican 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  to 
  

   latipennis 
  Uhler. 
  

  

  CERATOCOMBUS 
  (CERATOCOMBUS) 
  HESPERUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  castaneous; 
  fore 
  wings 
  a 
  little 
  paler, 
  shining; 
  

   lower 
  surface 
  yellowish-brown, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  dusky. 
  Other 
  

   characters 
  as 
  noted 
  in 
  key. 
  Length, 
  1.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Female, 
  paratype 
  female, 
  and 
  a 
  damaged 
  specimen 
  

   (female), 
  Palm 
  Springs, 
  Calif., 
  7.2, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Hubbard. 
  All 
  brachyp- 
  

   terous. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  27571, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  CERATOCOMBUS 
  (XYLONANNUS) 
  MAJOR, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Varies 
  in 
  body 
  color 
  from 
  pale 
  to 
  dark 
  castaneous, 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  

   with 
  the 
  veins 
  varying 
  from 
  fulvous 
  to 
  almost 
  black 
  and 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   oranous 
  parts 
  from 
  yellowish 
  fumose 
  to 
  dusky, 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  case, 
  

   however, 
  a 
  large, 
  more 
  translucent, 
  spot 
  remains 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  corium; 
  

   antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  stramineous. 
  In 
  keeping 
  with 
  its 
  size, 
  this 
  really 
  

   robust 
  species, 
  for 
  the 
  family, 
  has 
  all 
  the 
  bristles 
  strong 
  and 
  readily 
  

   seen. 
  All 
  the 
  specimens 
  we 
  have 
  examined 
  are 
  macropterous 
  and 
  

  

  