334: PBOCEEDrS"GS OF THE XATIOXAL MUSEUM vou 88 



Dorsum of thorax closely and iri-egularly pitted, pubescence scat- 

 tered, fine, slightly longer and thicker at posterior margins of 

 mesopraescutum and axillae, and lateral and ]X)sterior margins of 

 mesoscutellum : anterolateral and sublateral angles of pronotum pro- 

 duced, roimded. anterior dorsal margin acarinate : parapsidal furrows 

 well defined : prepectus narrow, apex blunt, extending to tegula ; apex 

 of mesoscutellum with a mesallv depressed, narrow lamina: metepi- 

 stemum strongly and densely punctured, proyided with only scattered 

 fine setae ; metacoxa shagreened on outer dorsal surface, lightly pitted 

 and pubescent on yentral side : metaf emur minutely reticulated, pro- 

 yided with short pubescence, yentral margm with 18 to 22 small, 

 closely set teeth, the basal one slightly larger; imier tooth acute or 

 slightly blunted. 



Propodeum strongly carinate on meson and at apex, two large, 

 minutely reticulated lateral areas at base, a pair of minute projections 

 at lateroyentral angles of propodeimi, spiracular openings slanting 

 slightly laterad; petiole twice as long as wide, entire surface 

 shagreened, basal lamina narrow, from lateral aspect, appearing to be 

 at right angles to dorsum of petiole, indistinct lateral carinae present ; 

 abdominal segments 4 to 7 each with a pair of dorsolateral patches of 

 setae: eighth tergite minutely reticulated., proyided with sparse, fine 

 setae, spiracular openings oyal; cercus located near apex of ninth 

 tergite, usually proyided with three long setae : penis yalve (fig. 14. j) . 



Type locality. — Cuba. 



Ty-pei. — Holotype, female. 1510. Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelpliia. The male was described as Smicra delira Cresson from 

 Texas ; type, 1655, IT. S. National Museum. Synonyms : decempuiic- 

 fa>^<z Ashmead, 51945, IT. S. National Museum; mendica Cresson, 1802, 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Reared materials haye shown that S. favopicta Cresson, described 

 from Cuba, and S. d^lira Cresson. described from Texas, are the sexes 

 of the same species. The type of S. decempunctata Ashmead, de- 

 scribed from Florida, differs neither in color nor in structure from 

 the type of .S. f.avopkfa Cresson. The type of S. mendica Cresson, a 

 male from Mexico, differs from the type of S. delira Cresson only in 

 being slightly smaller, lighter in color, and haying the darkened an- 

 terior carina of the antennal scape extending almost to the base, 

 rather than only one-half the distance from the apex to the base; 

 intergrades for all these characters are present in the ayailable 

 material. 



Hoit'i. — Aru^ylis compfana Froehlich, Evefria fnMtrana Comstock 

 (Lepidoptera, Eucosmidae) ; Eomoeosom^. electellum Hulst, Acro- 

 ho^is sp. (Pyralidae) ; Pholonla sp. (Phaloniidae). A single male 

 was found dead inside a cotton boll, along with the remains of a pupa 



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