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miiT^'iii, iiml docs iiof iiicct flic lino of tliroo or four cilia placed 

 iK'iicath llic iii}ii"i;inal vein. ( 'oiis('(|nontly somewhat less than 

 the basal half of the winii' leiinth is free from the general cov- 

 ering' of hairs, Oxipositoi' not (ixserted beyond the dorsum of 

 abdomen. Leni>th about 1 mm. 



Jn coloi' this s])eeies is somc-whal iiilci'iiic(liat(' between (J. 

 hrunnev.s (Jir and its var. Ictiiiijioniis-. the antennal structure 

 beiniij mosi like the bitter. I do not thiid\, lio\ve\'ei', that it eaii 

 be considered as a mere race *>i' (I. hniiinciis. 



Ilab. Mexico, ('iiaiithi, Movelos, bi'cd from Fnlii'orid ei^2;s 

 on sn,i,^ar-cane Dec. lOth, 1007; iVo. 2549 (Koebele). 



Poh/nrina f/irauUl S]). 7iov. 



l)bick, the abdominal pedicel yellow or i-eddisb, the hind 

 coxae also reildish oi' xcllowisli brown, the feiiioi-a and tibiae 

 are darkei- and infnscate, the ajiex of the formei' and base and 

 a])ex of the latter on all tlie lei>s sometimes, bnt uioi'e notice- 

 ably oil the front |)air, beiiiii' paler; the basal tarsal joint of 

 all the leii,s pale. Second antennal joint moi"c or less pale. Front 

 wini;s with an antcmedian transvci'sc blackish fascia, and a 

 |)air of aiiteapical blackish spot.s, one near bnt not touchin!^' the 

 costa, often of roundish sliape, the other fainter and op])osite 

 this, near, but not lou(diini;', the iiiaruin opposite. This latter 

 spot varies in size and intensity, .\nteniiae lon<;" and slender in 

 the female, the scape with scale-like sculpture of raised lines, in 

 jirolile the iiiariiin ap|)earini;- serrate, pedicel short and wide, 

 lii'st funi(de joint very lonii', hardly shorter than \hv second, 

 fourth, fifth and sixth wider than the basal ones and increas- 

 ing' in wi<ltli, the sixth beiiiu lon<j,- o\-al or subelliptic. the first 

 joint one and a half time-^ the leiiL'th of this; club louger than 

 two, but not so long' as the thi'ce precediuii- joints. IMale with 

 filiform antennae, longer than the whole insect, the joints of 

 the funicde all subeciually eloni;ate, ])arallel-sided, several times 

 as loiio- as wide, exceptin-;- the ajiical joint which is ]iointed. 

 Front wings with punctiforiii, bla(d<, marginal vein; blunt and 

 with the a])ical margin even slightly concave, the longest cilia 

 about one-third as long as the greatest width of the wing. Hind 

 tibiae distinctly serrulate, each tooth giving rise t/i a translucent 



