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Walsingham's original description follows : 



Anaphora propinqua — Palpi recurved, reaching to the posterior margin of the 

 thorax, purpHsh fuscous. Antennae cinereous, stout, serrated, the ends of the 

 articles being fringed with delicate hairs. Head, thorax, and fore wings purplish 

 fuscous, the latter without conspicuous markings, the usual discal and apical 

 spots being indicated by dark fuscous scales; no ferruginous shade on fold or 

 disc; a few irregularly distributed white scales, single or in groups of two to four, 

 are noticeable on the outer portion of the wing and on the end of the fold; these 

 appear to be loosely attached and very fugitive; apical vein not forked. Hind 

 loings greyish fuscous-cinereous. Abdomen purplish fuscous; the lateral claspers 

 of much the same form as in morrisoni. The uncus is double, arched over, not 

 angulated, and with the points closely approximate; differing very decidedly in 

 form from that of morrisoni, from which species the whole insect is otherwise 

 scarcely distinguishable. Exp. al. 18 mm. 



Florida (Morrison); two males. 



Male genitalia. — Vinculum typical, as in other species. 



Tegumen with lateral arm of medium length, broad, basal portion 

 glabrous, becoming rather heavily punctate dorsocaudad, margins 

 heavily sclerotized and sinuate, strongly narrowing to point of attach- 

 ment with vinculum ; dorsal area broad, punctate laterad, with cephalic 

 margin deeply but narrowly emarginate mesad, caudal margin pro- 

 duced mesad into and fusing with base of uncus. 



Harpe simple, somewhat variable. Lateral aspect: rather broad, 

 sublinear to curving slightly ventrad, with slight to pronounced 

 ventral constriction near center; costa and sacculus fused, comprising 

 approximate basal half of harpe; glabrous except for heavily punctate 

 and setose, considerably expanded, ventrocaudal margin of sacculus; 

 broadest in apical third, approximate basal two-thirds irregularly 

 narrowing basad to subacute basal extremity; cucullus partially set 

 off from costa and sacculus by irregular areas of reduced sclero- 

 tization, comprising apical half of harpe, rather broad, apical half 

 commonly broader than basal half, heavily punctate and setose 

 ectad and entad except for glabrous dorsal portion of basal two- 

 thirds, apex broad and evenly rounded to narrowed and narrowly 

 rounded. 



Transtilla with arm variable, of medium width and length, well 

 sclerotized, glabrous, sublinear to sinuate, major basal portion slightly 

 convergent with to slightly divergent from dorsal margin of costa, 

 approximate apical third strongly converging with to strongly diverg- 

 ing from costa, terminating subacutely to acutely considerably 

 distad of basal extremity of harpe. 



Uncus bifid, occasionally asymmetrically so, figure 77. Dorsal 

 aspect: base rather large, partially set off from tegumen by areas of 

 reduced sclerotization; heavily punctate and setose except for small, 

 glabrous, mesobasal area; lateral margins heavily sclerotized, sinuate, 



