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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol. 
  44. 
  

  

  Wings: 
  cells 
  C 
  and 
  Sc 
  light 
  yellow, 
  remainder 
  subhyaline; 
  veins 
  

   brown 
  except 
  where 
  covered 
  by 
  spots; 
  brown 
  spots 
  located 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   a 
  rounded 
  oval 
  spot 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  Rs, 
  a 
  spot 
  in 
  stigmal 
  area 
  in 
  cell 
  

   second 
  Rj, 
  a 
  triangular 
  spot 
  along 
  the 
  deflection 
  of 
  TI4+5. 
  Vena- 
  

   tion: 
  Sc, 
  long, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  subgenus; 
  space 
  on 
  costa 
  between 
  SCj 
  and 
  

   Ri 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  crossvem 
  r-m. 
  Rs 
  extremely 
  arcuated 
  at 
  its 
  

   origin, 
  then 
  running 
  parallel 
  with 
  R^ 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  direct 
  line 
  with 
  R3; 
  

   R2 
  short, 
  tending 
  to 
  be 
  abortive; 
  basal 
  deflection 
  of 
  M1+2 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  basal 
  deflection 
  of 
  M3; 
  ^fa 
  + 
  Cui 
  shorter 
  than 
  r-m. 
  

  

  One 
  female. 
  Savannah, 
  North 
  Brazil; 
  Aug. 
  23, 
  1911 
  (Crampton, 
  

   coll.). 
  (Amer. 
  Mus. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Coll.) 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  Igarape-Assu, 
  Para, 
  Brazil; 
  Feb. 
  4, 
  1912 
  (Parish, 
  coll.). 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  one 
  female, 
  Igarape-Assti, 
  Para, 
  Brazil; 
  Jan. 
  29, 
  1912 
  

   (Parish, 
  coll.). 
  

  

  S[)ecimens 
  in 
  Cornell 
  University 
  collection; 
  one 
  in 
  author's 
  

   collection. 
  

  

  LECTERIA 
  MATTO-GROSS.^;, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Head 
  gi'ayish; 
  thorax 
  wdth 
  three 
  dark 
  brown 
  stripes; 
  pleurae 
  gray, 
  

   with 
  a 
  brown 
  stripe; 
  abdomen 
  light 
  brown, 
  with 
  brown 
  edges 
  to 
  the 
  

   sclerites. 
  

  

  Length 
  (abdomen 
  broken) 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  4.8 
  mm.; 
  wing 
  13 
  

   mm. 
  

  

  Head: 
  rostrum 
  and 
  palpi 
  dark 
  brown; 
  antennae, 
  first 
  segment, 
  

   elongate-cylindrical, 
  second, 
  globular, 
  cyathiform; 
  remainder, 
  short, 
  

   oval, 
  gradually 
  more 
  slender 
  and 
  cylindrical, 
  armed 
  with 
  long 
  hairs, 
  

   brown. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  with 
  a 
  greyish-yellow 
  bloom, 
  clearer 
  gray 
  

   on 
  the 
  occiput; 
  vertex 
  armed 
  with 
  numerous 
  prominent 
  brown 
  hairs, 
  

   scanty 
  or 
  wanting 
  along 
  the 
  median 
  line. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  pronotum 
  pale 
  whitish-yellow, 
  the 
  anterior 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutum 
  rather 
  more 
  brownish; 
  mesonotum: 
  prgescutum, 
  pseudo- 
  

   suture 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  impressed 
  line, 
  shaped 
  somewhat 
  like 
  an 
  

   interrogation 
  point, 
  anteriorly 
  brown, 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   area 
  near 
  the 
  pseudosuture 
  greyish-yellow, 
  extreme 
  cephalic 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  sclerite 
  gray; 
  a 
  narrow 
  dark 
  brown 
  median 
  stripe; 
  a 
  broader 
  

   brown 
  lateral 
  stripe, 
  anteriorly 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  vitta, 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  pseudosuture 
  divergent 
  toward 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  sclerite; 
  

   scutum 
  light 
  grayish-brown, 
  lateral 
  margin 
  dark 
  chestnut-brown, 
  a 
  

   continuation 
  of 
  the 
  broad 
  lateral 
  prsescutal 
  stripes; 
  scutellum 
  and 
  

   postnotum 
  dull 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  naiTow, 
  indistinct 
  brown 
  median 
  

   stripe. 
  Pleurae 
  yellowish, 
  wdth 
  a 
  gray 
  bloom; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  stripe 
  

   extending 
  from 
  the 
  sternal 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  across 
  the 
  pleurse, 
  

   encroachmg 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  coxa, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  wing-basis. 
  Hal 
  teres 
  short, 
  stem 
  yellowish, 
  knob 
  rather 
  browaier. 
  

   Legs, 
  coxae 
  pale 
  whitish-yellow; 
  trochanters 
  yellow 
  (rest 
  of 
  legs 
  

   missing) 
  . 
  

  

  