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Townes). 9, "Limon Chagres River Plantation", Panamd, July 14, 

 1948, H. F. Dietz (Washington). 9 (type), Bella Vista, Panamd, 

 July 6, 1924 (Cambridge). 



This subspecies occurs from Panama to southern Texas and Loui- 

 siana. 



6b. Ageniella iAgenielUi) obscura delicata Banks 



Type: 

 Type: 



Ageniella delicata Banks, 1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 94, p. 174, d^. 



cf, Falls Church, Va. (Cambridge). 



Ageniella restricta Banks, 1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 94, p. 175, cf . 



cf, Falls Church, Va. (Cambridge). 



Male: Blackish. Legs and basal part of abdomen more or less 

 marked or tinged with light ferruginous; seventh tergite with a large 

 whitish spot above. The type of delicata is marked with paler as 

 follows: scape beneath, middle and hind femora, and first three 



Figure 114. — -Localities for Ageniella obscura delicata. 



abdominal segments fulvo-ferruginous, the base of the first segment 

 and the apical third of the third fuscous; trochanters fulvo-ferruginous, 

 brownish above; fore leg beyond trochanter brownish fulvous; middle 

 and hind tibiae and tarsi brownish. The type of restricta is marked 

 with pale as follows: legs beyond coxae brownish; first and second 

 tergites ferruginous except that the first tergite above and basally 

 and the second tergite on its apical 0.3 are fuscous. These two types 

 suggest the color variation to be expected in males of the sub- 

 species. 



Female: Blackish. Wings weakly infuscate, the apical 0.35 of the 

 forewing a little darker; femora and tibiae, or at least the femora, 

 rufous or dusky rufous. 



Specimens: 9, Washington, D. C, Aug. 18, 1943, M. Vogel 

 (Vogel). 2cf (tj^pes of delicata and restricta), Falls Church, Va., 

 Aug. 22, N. Banks (Cambridge). Sc?", on tulip tree honey dew, Falls 



