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ocelli are conspicuous. Beneath it is greenish except the transverse rugae, tip 

 of the rostrum, some variegated marks on the legs, and ovipositor, which are 

 brownish. 



Me.\surements in Millimeters. 



Male Type. Female Allotype. 



Length of body 13 12.5 



Width of head across eyes 3-5 3-5 



Expanse of fore wings 25.5 25.5 



A single paratype of this species from the collection of the U. S. 

 National Museum has been examined. It is a male and labeled 

 Brownsville, Texas (C. H. T. Townsend). 



EXPLA.NATIOX OF Pl.ATE V. 



Platypedia mohavensis Davis. Type. 

 Platypedia rufipes Davis. Type. 

 Platypedia putnami (Uhler). 

 Platypedia putnami var. liitea Davis. Type. 

 Platypedia areolata (Uhler). 

 Platypedia similis Davis. Type. 

 Platypedia falcata Davis. Type. 

 Platypedia aperta Van Duzee. Holotype. 

 Platypedia vanduzeei Davis. Type. 

 Platypedia wiN/or Uhler. Type? 

 Platypedia barbata Davis. Type. 

 Neoplatypedia ampliata (Van Duzee). Holotype. 

 Neoplatypedia constricta Davis. Type. 



Melampsalta calliope (Walker). Six apical cells in hind wing. 

 Melampsalta calliope (Walker). Five apical cells in hind wing. 

 Melampsalta calliope var. floridensis Davis. Type. 

 Melampsalta kansa Davis. Type. 

 Melampsalta camerona Davis. Type. 



Melampsalta camerona Davis. Allotype. Differs from type in 

 number of apical cells in both pairs of wings. 



