1911] Bergroth — Neotropical Plceariince 19 



pilose without conspicuous bristles, fore femora a little longer than the coxse, 

 fore tibiae not quite reaching the middle of the femora, half as long again as 

 the tarsi. Length to tip of hemelytra 9 mm. 



Jamaica (Mandeville) . — Coll. Van Duzee. 



This very distinct species cannot be mistaken for any other 

 described form. The abdomen is mutilated; judging from a basal 

 fragment it is pale testaceous with a brownish longitudinal band 

 beneath. 



N. B. From Mr. Banks' description of his Lideva arizonensis 

 (Psyche, 1909, p. 45) — "tibia I nearly as long as femur I, and the 

 tarsus reaching over the trochanter," "scutellum with a long erect 

 spine at base, and a shorter one at apex" — it is clear that this 

 insect has nothing to do with the genus Luteva in which the fore 

 tibia is very much shorter than the femur, and the scutellum 

 unarmed. — Under the name Plcearia Carolina H. Sch. Mr. Banks 

 describes an insect which has almost nothing in common with 

 Herrich-Schseffer's species. There can be no doubt whatever that 

 Emesodema Carolina H. Sch. is a true Luteva, and my friend Van 

 Duzee has sent me a Luteva from Florida which is very closely 

 allied to Carolina but apparently distinct. Judging by the descrip- 

 tion of the abdomen Ploearia Carolina Banks (nee H. Sch.) is 

 possibly a larva, either of Plcearia or of Pice ariojj sis. Mr. Banks 

 ascribes the character "trochanter I without spines" to Luteva, 

 but this is not correct, most species of Luteva having one or two 

 strong spinelike bristles on the fore trochanters although they are 

 lacking in other species. "Antennae hairy" and "antennae not 

 hairy" are used by Mr. Banks as generic characters, but this 

 should be done with great caution and not without knowledge of 

 both sexes, as in numerous Ploeariinae the antennae are hairy in 

 the males and glabrous in the females. 



Ghilianella atriclava sp. nov. 



Ferruginous, abdomen testaceous, the clavate apical dilatation of the male 

 abdomen (including the genital segments) and the antennae and legs black, 

 except the ferruginous middle and hind coxae and trochanters; head and 

 thorax finely and rather thickly granulated. Apical spine of the head slightly 

 deflected. Basal joint of antennae reaching the posterior end of the metano- 

 tum, second joint a little shorter than first, third joint as long as the postocular 

 part of the head. Mesonotum twice longer than pronotun, metanotum 

 almost half as long again as pronotum. Abdomen as long as thorax, the 



