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Arizona and Texas the margin is not darkened and there is a narrow 

 submarginal vitta. Sutural and marginal vittae united at apex. 

 Body beneath finely pubescent, variably colored, sometimes the meta- 

 sternum and middle of abdomen dark, in other specimens sometimes 

 entirely pale beneath. Apex of femora and tibiae and tarsi dark, 

 epipleura usually dark. Length 5.3 to 6.3 mm., width 3 to 3.5 mm. 



Type: Whereabouts not known; a Fabricius specimen in BM (Banks 

 collection) bears the locality data "h. in Africa aequin." 



Other localities: United States: New York to Florida, west to 

 Arizona. Mexico: Cordoba, Vera Cruz, F. Knab; Santa Lucrecia, 

 Vera Cruz, F. Knab; Cuantla, W. L. Tower; Cuernavaca, Morelos, 

 W. L. Tower; Joyutla, Morelos, W. L. Tower; Matamoras, W. L. 

 Tower; Osorio, Tamaulipas, D. L. Crawford; Progreso, Yucatan, F. 

 Knab; Rio Balsas, Guerrero, Wicldiam; Venta de Peregrino, Guerrero; 

 Sierra de Durango; Tapachula, Chiapas, Hoge; Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, J. 

 Camelot. Guatemala: Cacao Trece Aguas, Alta Verapaz, Barber and 

 Schwarz; Escuintla, F. Knab; Moca, Suchitepequez, 3,000 ft., C. and 

 P. Vaurie; Quirigud, S. F. Blake; Rabinal, C. and P. Vaurie; Yepo- 

 capa, H. T. Dalmat. Honduras: Zamorano, Francisco Morazan, 

 2,600 ft., on rice and beans, T. H. Hubbell; La Ceiba, F. J. Dyer; San 

 Juan Pueblo, W. M. Mann. Costa Rica: Bataan, O. L. CartwTight; 

 Muelle de San Carlos, on Amaranthus spinosus Linnaeus, C. H. Ballon; 

 Puerto Limon, F. Knab; Santiago, C. H. Ballon; San Pedro de Montes 

 de Oca, C. H. Ballon. Nicaragua: Chanandega, Baker. Panamd: 

 Ancon; Cristobal, N. L. H. Krauss; Gamboa, H. F. Dietz and J. 

 Zetek; La Sabanas, Panama [city], oi\ Amaranthus spinosus Linnaeus; 

 Limon Plantation, Chagres River, H. Dietz, J. Zetek; Summit; Volcan 

 de Chiriqui, 2-3,000 ft., Champion; Tobago Island. Colombia: 

 Armero to Lima, V. Velsco, injuring cotton; Atlantico, F. L. Gallego; 

 Baranquilla, Brother Genes; Call Valle, B. Losada; Palmira, R. Ron- 

 calle; Aracataca, Rio Frio, Seville, Magdalena Province, P. J. Darling- 

 ton; Puerto Colombia, Atlantico, M. Hebard. Venezuela: Caracas; 

 Catache, Rene Lichy; El Valle, C. H. Ballon, on Amaranthus dubius 

 Martins; Maracaibo, Merida. Trinidad: Port of Spain, Dr. Rendall, 

 A. Busck. French Guiana: Cayenne. Brazil: Ceara, D. D. Rocher; 

 Mato Grosso; Para, Rio Madeira, Mann and Baker; Santa Anna, Rio 

 de Janeiro, in rice field, E. C. Green; Vigosa, Minas Gerais, B. T. 

 Snipes. Bolivia: Coroico, Riberalta, Rurrenabaque, W. M. Mann; 

 Tiguipa, G. L. Harrington, Villa Montes, G. L. Harrington. Ecuador: 

 Guayaquil, C. H. Fagan. Argentina: El Quemado, Jujuy, G. L. 

 Harrington; Salta, G. L. Harrington. Peru: Peruvian Amazons, 

 Bartlett; Satipo, Popryski. 



