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37. Eucerceris violaceipennis ScuUen 



Figures 45, 95 a, b, c 



Eucerceris violaceipennis ScuUen, 1939, pp. 18, 21-22, figs. 17, 58, 91, 138; 

 1948, p. 157. 



Type. — The holotype female of E. violaceipennis Scullen from 

 Cabima, Panama, May 21, 1911 (August Busck), is in the U.S. 

 National Museum, no. 50836. 



Distribution. — This species is known only from the type locality 

 in Panama. This unique female is of special interest for the two 

 reasons mentioned by this writer in his 1939 paper. It is the most 



Figure 45. Panama. E. violaceipennis Scullen 



southern record for the genus and it is one of three species in which 

 the 2 submarginal cell of the fore wing is not petiolate. Efforts have 

 been made to locate the "Cabima" recorded as the type location. 

 The late J. Zetek, for many years in charge of the Balboa Laboratory, 

 was most helpful in this connection. Several localities carry the name 

 "Cabima" so that it has been impossible to determine without question 

 which is the true type locality. Several of the localities by that name 

 are now under water. In view of the fact that it is a very large species 

 measuring 23 mm. in length, it is strange no other collector has taken 

 it. 



Prey record. — None. 



Plant record. — None. 



