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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  costa 
  and 
  subcosta 
  indistinctly 
  dark 
  above 
  the 
  

   origin 
  of 
  Rs, 
  at 
  Scj, 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  Scj, 
  tip 
  of 
  Rj, 
  and 
  tip 
  of 
  Rj- 
  veins 
  com- 
  

   posing 
  the 
  cord 
  darker. 
  

  

  Abdomen: 
  light 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  median 
  tergal 
  stripe. 
  

  

  Allotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Aguna, 
  Guatemala, 
  Central 
  America 
  (G. 
  Eisen). 
  

  

  One 
  male 
  with 
  the 
  allotype; 
  one 
  female 
  taken 
  at 
  Igarape 
  Assu, 
  

   Para, 
  Brazil, 
  January 
  19, 
  1912 
  (Parish, 
  coll.). 
  

  

  Ranges 
  from 
  St. 
  Vincent 
  to 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  ERIOPTERA 
  (MESOCYPHONA) 
  PARVA, 
  var. 
  BRASILIENSIS, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  parva 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States, 
  but 
  much 
  

   darker 
  in 
  coloration. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  not 
  

   brownish-yellow, 
  especially 
  pronounced 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  which 
  is 
  

   uniform 
  in 
  pattern 
  (see 
  fig. 
  27) 
  . 
  

  

  Habitat 
  — 
  Fifty-five 
  specimens 
  taken 
  at 
  Igarape 
  Assu, 
  Para, 
  Brazil, 
  

   from 
  January 
  19-February 
  7, 
  1912 
  (Parish, 
  coll.). 
  All 
  of 
  this 
  large 
  

   series 
  were 
  females. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Cornell 
  University 
  collection. 
  

  

  Paratypes. 
  — 
  In 
  author's 
  collection, 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History, 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sciences, 
  and 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   collections. 
  

  

  ERIOPTERA 
  (MESOCYPHONA) 
  SPLENDIDA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Large 
  species; 
  wing 
  6 
  mm. 
  long; 
  vertex 
  variegated; 
  'mesonotum 
  

   pale 
  brownish-gray, 
  bi-vittate 
  dorsally; 
  wing 
  grayish-brown, 
  spotted 
  

   and 
  dotted 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length, 
  4 
  mm,; 
  wing 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length, 
  4.7 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  6.1 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  ^Head: 
  rostrum 
  and 
  palpi 
  dark 
  brown; 
  antennae, 
  second 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  oval, 
  tumid, 
  two 
  basal 
  segments 
  brown; 
  flagellum, 
  iirst 
  five 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  cream 
  color; 
  remainder 
  darker, 
  brown. 
  Front 
  brown; 
  vertex 
  

   pale 
  cream 
  color 
  nearest 
  the 
  eyes, 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  dark 
  browTiish-black; 
  

   occiput 
  and 
  extreme 
  median 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  grayish-yellow; 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  dark 
  V 
  on 
  a 
  light 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  pronotum 
  broader 
  behind, 
  prolonged 
  cophalad 
  into 
  a 
  

   long 
  point; 
  scutellum 
  narrow, 
  interrupted 
  medially 
  by 
  a 
  shallow 
  

   fovea, 
  pale 
  brownish-gra3^ 
  Mesonotum: 
  praescutum 
  with 
  the 
  tuber- 
  

   culate 
  pits 
  separated 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  by 
  a 
  distance 
  equal 
  to 
  from 
  

   one 
  to 
  two 
  times 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  either 
  tubercle; 
  pseudosuture 
  

   present 
  as 
  a 
  deep 
  linear 
  hollow 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  sclerite, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  spiracle, 
  toward 
  the 
  median 
  line; 
  

   this 
  hollow 
  is 
  broadest 
  at 
  either 
  end, 
  constricted 
  or 
  interrupted 
  

   near 
  its 
  middle. 
  Prsescutum 
  pale 
  brownish-gray; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  broadest 
  caudad, 
  confluent 
  in 
  front; 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  

  

  