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4. Ageniella (Priophanes) placita (Banks) 



Male: Forewing about 4.2 mm. long; punctation of frons and 

 mesoscutum a little denser than in the male oifaceta; nervulus beyond 

 the basal vein by about 0.6 to 1.2 its width. (For coloration, see 

 under the subspecies placita placita.) 



Female: Forewing 4.3 to 5.3 mm. long; pubescence of head and 

 thorax very dense, giving a hoary appearance; apical hairless margin 

 of clypeus entirely mat, slightly widened medially, the central half 

 of its apical edge evenly convex; mesoscutum mat, with very dense 

 fine punctures; nervulus beyond the basal vein by about 0.33 its 

 length. 



Black, but of hoary appearance from the dense silver-gray pubes- 

 cence. Apical half of clypeus, mouth parts mostly, more or less of 

 antenna beneath and basally, tibiae, and at least the hind femur, 

 fulvous; tarsi light brown; wings subhyaline, the apex of the forewing 

 weakly infuscate; abdomen rufous. 



This species is represented by two subspecies, distinguishable on 

 the coloration of the coxae, trochanters, and femora of the female. 



Figure 103. — Localities for Ageniella placita placita. 



4a. Ageniella (Priophanes) placita placita (Banks) 



Cryptocheilus placitus Banks, 1910, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 18, p. 122, 



9 . Type: 9 , Fedor, Lee County, Tex. (Cambridge). 

 Pseudagenia apicipennis Banks, 1910, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 18. p. 123. 



&. Type: (f (abdomen lacking), Fedor, Lee County, Tex. (Cambridge). 



Male: Blackish, the scape, legs, and basal half of abdomen fulvo- 

 ferruginous; mouth parts dusky fulvous; clypeus except basally and 

 underside of pedicel and flagellum stained with fulvous; apex of fore- 

 wing somewhat infuscate; fore and hind coxae sometmies darkened 

 above; tibial spurs white; tarsi brown; seventh tergite with a large 

 whitish spot. 



