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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  i03 
  

  

  is 
  somewhat 
  deeper 
  red 
  than 
  the 
  Brownsville 
  specimens 
  and 
  differs 
  

   from 
  the 
  Teapa 
  specimens 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  anterior 
  femora 
  and 
  apical 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  femora 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  dark. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Holotype 
  male 
  and 
  1 
  paratype, 
  USNAl 
  61205, 
  collected 
  at 
  

   Vara 
  Blanca, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  1,700 
  meters, 
  July 
  7, 
  1928, 
  by 
  F. 
  Never- 
  

   mann; 
  1 
  paratype 
  in 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History). 
  

  

  Other 
  localities. 
  — 
  Costa 
  Rica: 
  San 
  Jose, 
  1,000-2,000 
  meters, 
  Aug. 
  25, 
  

   1928, 
  F. 
  Nevermann. 
  Guatemala: 
  Yepocapa, 
  August 
  1948, 
  H. 
  T. 
  

   Dalmat; 
  Cob^n, 
  Alta 
  Vera 
  Paz, 
  May 
  1926, 
  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich; 
  Purula, 
  

   Champion 
  

  

  Strabala 
  rotunda, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Figure 
  17, 
  d 
  

  

  Lactica 
  scutellaris 
  Olivier, 
  Jacoby 
  (part), 
  Biologia 
  Centrali- 
  Americana, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  

   pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  273, 
  1884. 
  

  

  From 
  4 
  to 
  5.5 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  oval, 
  shining 
  although 
  faintly 
  alu- 
  

   taceous, 
  very 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  yellowish 
  or 
  reddish 
  brown 
  with 
  dark 
  

   antennae, 
  dark 
  apex 
  to 
  femora, 
  dark 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  the 
  breast 
  

   and 
  abdomen 
  often 
  darkened 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  varying 
  to 
  entirely 
  dark 
  

   (rare) 
  . 
  

  

  Head 
  reddish, 
  with 
  the 
  mouth 
  parts 
  usually 
  deeper 
  brown; 
  finely 
  

   punctate 
  over 
  occiput, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  fovea 
  or 
  circle 
  of 
  depressed 
  

   punctures. 
  Pro 
  thorax 
  shiny 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  punctate 
  with 
  a 
  sulcus 
  

   along 
  the 
  base 
  well 
  developed. 
  Scutellum 
  dark. 
  Elytra 
  faintly 
  

   alutaceous 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate. 
  Body 
  beneath 
  varying 
  in 
  color 
  

   from 
  having 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  breast 
  and 
  abdomen 
  deeper 
  brown 
  to 
  being 
  

   entirely 
  dark, 
  the 
  latter 
  rare 
  ; 
  femora 
  with 
  apical 
  half 
  dark, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  dark. 
  Length 
  4 
  to 
  5.4 
  mm.; 
  width 
  2.6 
  to 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Holotype 
  male, 
  USNM 
  61206, 
  and 
  3 
  paratypes 
  in 
  British 
  

   Museum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  collected 
  at 
  Volc^n 
  de 
  ChiriquI, 
  Panamd, 
  

   by 
  Champion. 
  

  

  Other 
  localities. 
  — 
  Panamd: 
  Panama, 
  Aug. 
  13, 
  1946, 
  by 
  N. 
  L. 
  H. 
  

   Kxauss; 
  Almirante, 
  Sept. 
  4, 
  1938, 
  H. 
  Dybas; 
  Bella 
  Vista, 
  Aug. 
  7, 
  1924, 
  

   N. 
  Banks; 
  Mindi 
  Dairy 
  (on 
  para 
  grass), 
  Mindi, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  July 
  

   1918, 
  H. 
  F. 
  Dietz 
  and 
  J. 
  Zetek; 
  Plantation 
  Borracho, 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  

   (swept 
  from 
  grass 
  under 
  papaya 
  trees), 
  July 
  1918, 
  H. 
  F. 
  Dietz 
  and 
  

   J. 
  Zetek; 
  Bugaba, 
  Champion 
  (in 
  British 
  Museum). 
  Guatemala: 
  

   Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Alta 
  Vera 
  Paz, 
  May 
  (date 
  not 
  given), 
  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  and 
  

   E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  Mexico: 
  In 
  bananas 
  from 
  Mexico 
  taken 
  at 
  Mobile, 
  

   Alabama, 
  July 
  19, 
  1929; 
  with 
  orchids 
  from 
  Guerrero 
  (State), 
  taken 
  at 
  

   Laredo, 
  Texas, 
  Feb. 
  28, 
  1940; 
  with 
  orchids 
  from 
  Tamazunchale, 
  

   San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  taken 
  at 
  Laredo, 
  Texas, 
  Feb. 
  28, 
  1940; 
  with 
  tomatoes 
  

   from 
  El 
  Mante, 
  Tamaulipas, 
  taken 
  at 
  El 
  Paso, 
  Aug. 
  1, 
  1947; 
  Colima, 
  

  

  