106 



pair of macrocli<et;e, second and third sei^iuents of abdomen 

 destitnte of discal niacroclinetie, venter destitute of short bhick 



spines 4. 



With only tliroe sternopleural inacrocluetas scntelhini black, front 

 ^^•jpulvilli of male slio-htly longer than the hist tarsal joint. ... 2. 



2. Third Joint or anteniue or male hve, m the female lour, times as long- 

 as the second, front of male three-fourths, in the female one and 

 one-fifth times, as wide as either eye; abdomen black, narrow 

 bases of last three segments Qray ppllinose, s econd and third 

 scg'mont>j doptitutcot discal macroclra f.i , iiiidd Te tHbtre-eaeh . 

 l >earing a ninglo one on tho front aide near th e-midd4e; length, 

 5 mm. Eastboro, Conn., and Tifton, Ga. (Insecta Sauudersiaua, 

 Vol. T, p. 209; 1856: Twhimu) .1^f':j)'.Ai^l .^J^)-: . .anciUa^Yiilk. 



Third joint of antenna"! in both sexes two and one-half times as long 

 as the second, front in the male one-half, in the female three- 

 fourths, as broad as either eye, three postsutural macroch;et;i:', 

 scutellum bearing three pairs of long marginal ones, destitnte 

 of a short apical pair, second and third segments of abdomen4»— 

 the nrft4e bearing" discal macroch;vtaskwanting- in the female, 

 venter of these segments in the f emale thickly studded with 

 ^^ . short black spines 3. 



3. Abdomen in both sexes yellowish except a dorsal vitta, a fascia on 

 the third segment, which sometimes covers it, and the base 

 of the fourth, which are black; length, to 1) mm. Tifton, G;i., 

 and Jacksonville and Lake Worth, Fla. (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., p. 310; September, 1805: Acha'tonevra.). . .ruhentis Coq. 



Abdomen of male black, a spot on each side of first three seg- 

 ments and the narrow apex of the fourth, yellow; in the female 

 ^, Crt."). black, the narrow apex of the fourth segment yellow; length, 

 7 to 8.5 mm. Southern California and Allende, Mexico. From 

 the type si)ecimen. (Insect Life, Vol. I, p. 332; 3[ay, 1889: 

 Tackina [ Masicera]. Prospherysa comosa van der Wulp, Biologia 

 Cent -Amer., Dlptera,Vol. II, p. 119; May, 1890.). .arm if/era Coq. 



4. Second segment of abdomeiijelestitute of a marginal pair of macro- 

 cha^ta' o r - oh.o the sides of the third segment/^largely or wholly 

 yellow 0. 



Second segment bearing a marginal pair of stout macroclmetfc, abdo- 

 men black, at most with a yellow spot on each side of the second 

 segment, third joint of antenme of male from five and one-half 

 to seven, in the female from three to four and one-half, times as 

 long as the second 5. 



5. Front in the male one and one-half, in tlie female one and three- 

 fourths, times as wide as either eye, front pulvilli of male three- 



3A.^ fourths as long as the last tarsal joint; length, G to 9 mm. 



]\IichigaiT; jMissouri; Texas; California, and Pullman, Wash. 

 (In Scudder's Butterflies of New England, Vol. Ill, p. 1923; 



