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mens indicates that is has been swept from cotton and reared from 

 cotton squares; it may be a predator of the boll weevil or boll worm. 



Male. — 'Head red-brown to black-brown; eyes red-brown above, 

 black-brown below; frons narrow, rugose, with a median groove 

 ending in a shallow pit at the upper extremity; ocellar triangle only 

 slightly elevated, ocelli orange; mouthparts well developed, light 

 brown, palpi thin, elongate; oral opening bordered with silvery pile. 

 First antennal segment short, brown; second segment larger, light 

 brown; third segment brown, slightly tapering, 2)4, times longer than 

 one and two combined; see figure. 



Figure 90. — Scenofinus gossypius, new species, male, female: a, wing; b, c, lateral and 

 frontal aspects of male head; d, e, lateral and frontal aspects of female head;/, g, enlarged 

 details of antennae; h-j, ventral, lateral and posterior aspects of male terminalia; k, 

 ventral aspect of female 8th sternum; /, lateral aspect of female 8th and 9th segments; 

 m, female 9th sternum and bursa. 



Thorax dorsum, red-brown to black -brown, striated, a thin patch of 

 silvery pile above the humeral callus which has a thin straw colored 

 posterior margin. Wings smoky hyaline, veins brown, R5 and Ml -i- 2 

 constricting distally and then widening slightly at wing margin to 

 give a bottle shape to cell R5; halter with stem dark brown to brown, 

 knob red-brown to orange-brown above, light below. Legs with coxae 

 through the femora ground color, tibiae grading from orange-brown 

 anteriorly to red-brown on hind pair, tarsi straw colored darkening 

 distally. 



Abdomen, black-brown to red-brown with two white bands on 

 segments 4 and 5, sparsely covered with posteriorly directed hairs. 

 See figure for details of terminalia; close to S. velutinus but differs in 

 shape of aedeagus, ninth tergum, and ejaculatory process. 



