﻿HELEID 
  MIDGES, 
  GENUS 
  MONOHELEA 
  WIRTH 
  143 
  

  

  Types. 
  —Uolotype, 
  a", 
  USNM 
  61091, 
  Miami, 
  Florida, 
  Mar. 
  25, 
  

   1944, 
  Wirth. 
  Allotype 
  with 
  same 
  data 
  as 
  type 
  except 
  date, 
  October 
  

   1943. 
  Paratypes: 
  Florida: 
  2 
  d* 
  d^, 
  59 
  9 
  , 
  same, 
  except 
  date, 
  October 
  

   1943 
  to 
  April 
  1944; 
  1 
  9, 
  Welaka, 
  June 
  17, 
  1946, 
  Bellamy; 
  1 
  9, 
  

   Everglades 
  City, 
  Feb. 
  7, 
  1950, 
  Davidson. 
  

  

  5. 
  Monohelea 
  (Monohelea) 
  macfiei, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Figures 
  18, 
  c, 
  h; 
  19, 
  h 
  

  

  Monohelea 
  hieroglyphica, 
  Macfie, 
  not 
  Kieffer 
  (misicjentification), 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  

   Hist., 
  ser. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  18, 
  1937 
  (9 
  , 
  Trinidad); 
  Ent. 
  Monthly 
  Mag., 
  vol. 
  

   76; 
  p. 
  30, 
  1940 
  (cf, 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  genitalia 
  figured). 
  

  

  Description.- 
  — 
  Female: 
  Length 
  1.2 
  mm., 
  wing 
  1.4 
  mm. 
  by 
  0.5 
  mm. 
  

   As 
  in 
  M. 
  (M.) 
  maculipennis 
  (Coquillett), 
  but 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  

   pronounced, 
  broad, 
  median, 
  anterior 
  band 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  between 
  

   wing 
  bases 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  scutellum 
  uniform 
  brown, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  brownish 
  median 
  area. 
  Abdomen 
  suffused, 
  grayish 
  

   brown 
  above. 
  Legs 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  Macfie 
  (1937), 
  brown 
  bands 
  on 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  quite 
  distinct; 
  on 
  hind 
  femur 
  a 
  band 
  on 
  basal 
  third, 
  a 
  diagonal 
  

   band 
  past 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  narrov/ 
  band 
  subapically 
  ; 
  on 
  hind 
  tibia, 
  

   narrow 
  basal, 
  median, 
  and 
  apical 
  rings; 
  all 
  tarsal 
  segments 
  with 
  

   narrow 
  apical 
  bands. 
  

  

  Wing 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  18, 
  c, 
  the 
  dark 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  basal 
  and 
  anal 
  cells 
  

   quite 
  extensive, 
  the 
  X-shaped 
  mark 
  in 
  cell 
  R5 
  large, 
  with 
  the 
  caudo- 
  

   distal 
  arm 
  more 
  prolonged 
  than 
  shown 
  by 
  Macfie 
  and 
  the 
  distal 
  sig- 
  

   moid 
  mark 
  in 
  cells 
  Mi 
  and 
  M2 
  connected 
  by 
  broad 
  lines 
  in 
  these 
  cells 
  

   to 
  the 
  broad 
  median 
  crossband. 
  All 
  wing 
  markings 
  brown 
  by 
  re- 
  

   flected 
  light, 
  gray 
  by 
  transmitted 
  light; 
  a 
  few 
  macro 
  trichiae 
  at 
  apex 
  

   of 
  wing. 
  

  

  Male: 
  The 
  resemblance 
  of 
  the 
  Louisiana 
  male 
  to 
  the 
  male 
  from 
  

   British 
  Guiana 
  figured 
  by 
  Macfie 
  (1940a) 
  is 
  remarkable. 
  The 
  

   slender, 
  sinuate, 
  bladelike 
  parameres 
  connected 
  hy 
  a 
  narrow 
  bridge 
  

   at 
  midlength 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  distinctive 
  difi^erence. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  Holotype, 
  cf 
  ,USNM 
  61092, 
  allotype, 
  Kilbourne, 
  Louisiana, 
  

   May 
  10, 
  1947, 
  Wirth. 
  Paratypes: 
  Louisiana: 
  2 
  9 
  9, 
  with 
  same 
  data 
  

   as 
  type; 
  1 
  9, 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  May 
  16, 
  1947, 
  Wirth. 
  

  

  6. 
  Monohelea 
  {Monohelea) 
  texana, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Figure 
  19, 
  d 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Male: 
  Wing 
  1.1 
  mm. 
  long. 
  Badly 
  damaged, 
  anten- 
  

   nae, 
  all 
  of 
  legs 
  but 
  fore 
  femur, 
  midfemm", 
  and 
  tibiae 
  gone. 
  Mesonotum 
  

   appears 
  discolored, 
  all 
  dark 
  except 
  large 
  quadrate 
  yellow 
  patches 
  on 
  

   humeri; 
  scutellum 
  light 
  yellow, 
  a 
  minute 
  brown 
  spot 
  in 
  middle 
  of 
  

   anterior 
  surface. 
  Forelegs 
  and 
  midlegs 
  yellow, 
  narrow 
  basal, 
  median, 
  

   and 
  subapical 
  faint 
  brown 
  rings 
  on 
  fore 
  femur; 
  nan'ow 
  basal 
  and 
  

  

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