Pomona Coi.i.r.r.K JorRVM, of Entomolooy 487 



vrrfox deeply iiiiprtssed with two olilifjtir siilcn on cnch side of nicdinn suture, one 

 subtrnnsverse and (il)li<iiic nnd tlie other extendiiiff outward from anterior ocellus; 

 (interior o<'ellus Inrjje, on inedinn suture above the apex of excision; posterior ocelli 

 well forward; antirior margin of vertex deeply excised at median suture, making 

 vertex strongly birostrate, aiiteiinir inserted at apex of rostrate lol»cs; basal .seg- 

 ments large; Hagelluni very long, slender, filiform. Facial cones wanting. Genip 

 not prominent. I.abrum very sinall, posterior, iiieonspieiious ; rostrum verv long, 

 slender, acute. Eyes large. 



Thorax broad, <|uite long, rather coarsely punctate, not strongly arched. I'rono- 

 tum relatively long, (lat on dorsal surface; propleurites long, proniiiu'nt; pleural 

 suture visibly as long as epistertium ; fori'coxii' cpiite large, mostly visible. Dorsu- 

 lum relatively short, bro.ad, broadly rounded on both margins; scutum nnich 

 longer than dorsuluni. Post-tibial spur prominent, quite large. Wings relatively 

 large, hyaline, almost three times as long as broad, quite acute at apex; first 

 margin.'il cell very nuieh smaller than secontl ; fourth furcal almost as long as sec- 

 ond cubit.al, strongly curved, and terminating below apex of wing; radius long; 

 pterosliginal space closed, quite long and broad; cubital petiole about two-thirds 

 as long as di.scoidal subcosta. as long as b;isal subcosta. 



Female — Abdomen stout. Genit.al segment almost as long as rest of abdomen, 

 large, upcurved, ()uite acute; dorsal plate longer basally than ventral; ventral 

 |(late strongly u|)curved on inferior margin near base; pubescence moderate. 



Described from three females collected by C. F. Baker in Chinandega. Nica- 

 ragua. 



Carsidara mexicana ii. sp. 



(Figure 1.57, B; l.'iS. O; 159, B; 160, E) 



Length of body 1.9 mm.; length of forewing '2.9 mm.; greatest width 0.9 mm.; 

 width of vertex between eyes ..^9 mm.; with eyes .72 mm. General color greenish 

 throughout. 



Mead not dedtxcd ; profile longir than broad, rounded above; with eyes about 

 as broad as thorax, finely ))unctate. Occipital margin arcuate, somewhat elevated 

 narrowly, di.scal ari-a of vertex deeply impressed with an oblique sulcus on each 

 side of median suture extending well forward, and a very inconspicuous impres- 

 sion on each side of anterior oci-llus; antt'rior m-ellus on median suture slightly 

 above apex of excision; vertex on anterior margin deeply excised at median suture, 

 strongly birostrate; antenna' inserted on apex of rostrate lobes; basal segments 

 large; tlagellum very long and slender. Facial cones wanting; antennal bases 

 scarcely swollen. I.abrum small, ))osterior; rostrum very long, slender, acute. 

 Gena- slightly swollen. F'.yes larg<'. 



Thorax scarcely arched, not very broad, quite coarsely punctate. I'nuiotum 

 relatively long, flat on dorsal surface, extending well down laterally; propli-urites 

 long; ))leural suture oblique, not as long visibly as ej>istcrnum ; C|)imeron more 

 or less concealed ; forecoxw large, almost entirely visible. Dorsulum relatively 

 quite short, broad, not as long as scutum. Post-tibial spur conspicuous but 

 smaller than in C. gigantea. Jf'inps rather small, hyaline, almost three times as 

 long as broad, broadest across second furcal; quite acute at apex; first marginal 



