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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  los 
  

  

  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  touching 
  mesoscutum 
  ; 
  hemiely 
  tra 
  with 
  

   extreme 
  base 
  of 
  corium, 
  extreme 
  apex 
  of 
  clavus, 
  and 
  a 
  faint 
  mark 
  on 
  

   corium 
  in 
  level 
  with 
  median 
  portion 
  of 
  clavus, 
  a 
  semilunal 
  white 
  spot 
  

   on 
  base 
  of 
  cuneus; 
  antennae 
  brown 
  tending 
  to 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  unicolorous; 
  underside 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  middle 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  coxae 
  white 
  (except 
  at 
  extreme 
  bases), 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  whitish 
  at 
  base; 
  legs 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  extreme 
  base 
  and 
  apices 
  

   of 
  femora 
  whitish, 
  tibiae 
  lighter 
  than 
  femora 
  tending 
  to 
  yellow; 
  

   rostrum 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Species 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  the 
  antennae 
  fairly 
  thick, 
  calli 
  of 
  pronotum 
  

   noticeably 
  raised, 
  rostrum 
  reaching 
  the 
  genital 
  segment 
  (male). 
  

  

  Male 
  slightly 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  reddish 
  than 
  the 
  female 
  and 
  the 
  

   calli 
  not 
  so 
  distinctly 
  marked. 
  The 
  genitalia 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  was 
  lost 
  

   when 
  being 
  manipulated. 
  

  

  Holotype: 
  Female, 
  USNM 
  61945, 
  Caracas, 
  Venezuela 
  (on 
  Cattleya 
  

   sp.), 
  intercepted 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Calif., 
  July 
  10, 
  1946. 
  Paratypes: 
  

   IcT, 
  Caracas, 
  Venezuela 
  (on 
  Cattleya 
  speciosissima) 
  , 
  intercepted 
  at 
  

   San 
  Francisco, 
  Calif., 
  May 
  23, 
  1946; 
  1 
  cf, 
  Venezuela 
  (on 
  orchid), 
  

   intercepted 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  July 
  14, 
  1939. 
  Paratypes 
  in 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  the 
  author. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  aU 
  others 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  by 
  the 
  variegated 
  

   markings 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  figure 
  74,c. 
  

  

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