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as long as wide, coming to a rather sharp point at apex of third vein; 

 upper branch of second vein forked before middle of wing; vestiture 

 black, with white marginal spots; fringe black, with two white patches 

 near apex of wing, one on outer margin between upper forks of 

 second, the other on inner margin between forks of fourth vein; a 

 series of marginal whitish spots between the veins, produced by 

 white scales projecting from the veins, absent on the cells between 

 second and fifth veins. Legs with shaggy black scales, without 

 white knee-spots, but with white rings on some of the tarsal joints. 



Length. — Body about 2 mm.; wing 2.5 mm. 



ZocaZi^y.— Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama, April, 1909 (A. H. 

 Jennings). Three specimens. 



Type.— Cat. No. 15936, U.S.N.M. 



Bred from larva? found in fluid held by the flower bracts of Calathea 

 discolor Meyer. The liquid in these flower bracts is dark and thick, 

 produced partly by a mucilaginous secretion of the plant itself. 



