﻿Plate 47 



Illustrations of characters on the aedeagus of species of Mecidea: 

 1-3, Mecidea indica Dallas, from Hoshangabad, Central Provinces, India: 1, Lat- 

 eral vesiculae, dorsal view; 2, penial plates, showing penisfilum; 3, median 



vesicula, lateral view. 

 4-6, M. 'pallida St§,l, from Gafsa, Tunisia: 4, Median vesicula, lateral view; 



5, lateral vesiculae, dorsal view; 6, penial plates. 

 7-9, M. longula StS,l, from Antigua, British West Indies: 7, Lateral vesiculae, 



dorsal view; 8, median vesicula, lateral view; 9, penial plates. 

 10-12, M. major, new species, from Bexar County, Tex.: 10, Lateral vesiculae, 



dorsal view; 11, median vesicula, lateral view; 12, penial plates. 

 13-15, M. minor Ruckes, from Zavallo County, Tex.: 13, Lateral vesiculae, 



dorsal view; 14, median vesicula, lateral view; 15, penial plates. 

 16-18, M. pampeana, new species, from Tucumdn, Argentina: 16, Lateral vesi- 

 culae, dorsal view; 17, penial plates; 18, median vesicula, lateral view. 

 19, M. kristenseni Jensen-Haarup, from plains northwest of Lake Zwai, Abyssinia: 



Dorsal view, showing lateral vesiculae, penial plates, and penisfilum. Median 



vesicula not evaginated. 

 20-22, M. prolixa St§,l, from Cape Province, South Africa: 20, Lateral vesiculae, 



dorsal view; 21, penial plates; 22, median vesicula, lateral view. 

 23-25, M. pallidissima Jensen-Haarup, from Djibouti, French Somaliland: 23, 



Lateral vesiculae, dorsal view; 24, penial plates; 25, median vesicula, lateral 



view. 

 26-28, M. lutzi, new species, from Djamba, Belgian Congo: 26, Dorsal view of 



lateral vesiculae and penial plates, showing penisfilum; 27. median vesicula, 



lateral view; 28, median vesicula, dorsal view. 



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