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Male with extremely long claws, often nearly one and one-lialf times 

 the elono-ate last tarsal joint; those of female much shorter than last 

 tarsal joint. Male with two or tlirce pairs of median discal macro- 

 chaetae on intermediate abdominal segments, an irregular discal row 

 on third, and two discal rows on fourth. Female with one or two 

 median discal pairs on second to fourth segments, no discal row nor 

 approach to same on third, one discal row more or less pronounced on 

 fourth. Frontals reaching only to root of antennae. Proclinate 

 ocellar pair, postocellar pair, postvertical pair; ocellars stronger, 

 others nearly equal. Third antennal joint about twice as long as 

 second or somewhat less. Outer verticals much reduced in male, 

 only half as long as inner verticals in female. Front of male at nar- 

 rowest nearly twice width of ocellar area. Frontaha of male much 

 narrower than those of female, narrowing posteriorly. Male with- 

 out fronto-orbitals. Female with two strong proclinate outer or 

 middle fronto-orbitals, and one inner or upper divaricate orbital. 

 Female front at vertex as wide as one eye, the face evenly widening 

 therefrom. Cheeks of female fuUy two-thirds eye-height, those of 

 male about one-half eye-height. 



PARAMYOCERA DISCALIS, new species. 



Length of body, 10 to 11.5 mm.; of wing, 8.5 to 10 mm. One 

 male and one female, Rio Rimac bottoms near Lima, Peru, Decem- 

 ber 17, 1912, on fohage; five males, Chosica, Peru, 2,800 feet, April 21, 

 1914, on fohage in brakes along Rio Rimac (Townsend). 



Head, thorax, and scuteUum ashy to silvery poUinose. Cheek 

 grooves brownish-rufous. Frontaha rufous-brown. Antennae ru- 

 fous, third joint usually blackish on apical hah. Palpi hght rufous 

 to fulvous. A brassy tinge to pollen of head and pleurae. Five 

 rather iU-defined vittae on thorax, the outer ones broad and inter- 

 rupted, the middle one narrow; the other two subhnear and of dis- 

 tinct type, better defined. Scutellum varying from wholly blackish 

 to almost wholly rufotestaceous, normally broadly blackish on base. 

 Abdomen fulvorufous, with very broad black median vitta of equal 

 width, thickly silvery-white poUinose over aU. Legs blackish, tibiae 

 dark rufous, sometimes tibiae and most of femora pale rufous. Wings 

 faintly smoky-yeUowish. Tegulae watery-tawny. 



Holotype.— Cat. No. 19428, U.S.N.M., male, Lima. Allotype, fe- 

 male, TD 4105. Paratypes include male, TD 4234. 



PUNACLISTA, new genus. 



Genotype. — Punaclista setosa, new species. 



AUied to BracMcoma, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 following characters: Parafacials with a row of strong macrochaetae 



