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the mid line, posterior lateral spots on sternites 2-6, which on some 

 segments may be connected by an apical line, coxae and trochanters 

 more or less, femora except stripe above on anterior and middle pairs 

 and above and below on posterior pair, tibiae except stripe on anterior 

 pair below, and tarsi, yellow. The antennae are slightly carinate pos- 

 teriorly and the apical segment is curved. The middle femora are 

 dentate below and the middle metatarsi are curved on the inner side, 

 the curved surface bearing basally several rather large spines. The 

 second sternite is plain and the eighth is without a discal spine. 



Female. — Black: Labrum, mandibles except apices, lower half of 

 clypeus, lower part of frons, spot before anterior ocellus, scape except 

 a dusky spot above on some specimens, broad anterior orbits, pos- 

 terior orbits, posterior dorsal border of pronotum, spot or line on 

 sides of prothorax united with tubercles, spot on tegulae, short lateral 

 lines on scutum above tegulae, large lateral spots on scutellum, fascia 

 on metanotum, spot near lateral angles and another below the spiracle 

 on median segment, fasciae on tergites 1-5 similar in all respects to 

 those of the male except that some or all (except the first) may be 

 continuous, posterior lateral spots on sternites 2-5, spot on anterior 

 and middle coxae below, trochanters apically above, anterior and 

 posterior borders of femora shortened basally on posterior pair, 

 tibiae except more or less prominent dusky line below and usually 

 also above on anterior pair, and tarsi, yellow. The apical sternite is 

 black and the legs, especially the tarsi, are tinged with ferruginous. 



Length. — 11-13 mm. 



In both sexes the flagellum is lighter below than above, especially 

 the basal segments, and in the female, and slightly also in the male, 

 is more or less tinged with ferruginous. The wings are somewhat 

 strongly infumated, nearly as much so as those of Stictia Carolina. 

 On the female the pubescence is short, sparse, and inconspicuous ; on 

 the male short, rather dense, and conspicuous on the head, thorax, and 

 more apical sternites. The pulvilli are indistinct on both sexes. One 

 female bears a pair of discal marks on the scutum, and a male from 

 Wisconsin has the fasciae on the tergites almost white. 



Habitat. — Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin. 



Number of specimens examined — males, 4 ; females, 5. 



STICTIELLA PLANA Fox. 



Figs. 53, 84. 



Monedula plana Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, p. 367, male. 

 Monedula usitata Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, p. 371, female. 



Male. — Black: Labrum, mandibles except apices, clypeus, lower 

 part of frons, scape below, spot in front of anterior ocellus, broad 

 anterior orbits, posterior orbits, posterior border of pronotum, tuber- 

 cles, large spot on sides of prothorax, anterior part of tegulae, small 

 lateral spot on scutum above tegulae, large lateral spots on scutel- 



