﻿NO. 
  19C6. 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  NEOTROPICAL 
  LIMNOBIN^— 
  ALEXANDER. 
  515 
  

  

  stripe 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  line, 
  this 
  stripe 
  narrow 
  in 
  front, 
  

   broader 
  behind, 
  continuing 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  suture, 
  not 
  touch- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  tuberculate 
  pits; 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  sclerite, 
  anterior 
  to 
  

   the 
  pseudosuture, 
  the 
  ground 
  color 
  is 
  brighter, 
  yellowish; 
  scutum 
  

   similar 
  in 
  ground 
  color, 
  a 
  forked 
  brown 
  stripe 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  praescutal 
  stripes; 
  scutellum 
  grayish, 
  

   paler 
  behind; 
  post 
  notum 
  gray 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  median 
  stripe; 
  tuber- 
  

   culate 
  pits 
  and 
  pseudosuture 
  dark 
  bro%\Ti. 
  Pleurae 
  grayish 
  with 
  three 
  

   oblique 
  brown 
  bands; 
  one 
  (dorsal) 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  mesothoracic 
  

   spiracle; 
  the 
  second 
  from 
  the 
  foreleg 
  to 
  the 
  meta-notum; 
  between 
  

   these 
  two, 
  a 
  yellow 
  line 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  cer\dcal 
  sclerites 
  caudad; 
  

   third 
  dark 
  band 
  passes 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  mesocoxa; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   stripes 
  delimit 
  a 
  broad, 
  conspicuous, 
  silvery- 
  white 
  area; 
  sternum 
  

   gray. 
  Halteres 
  light 
  yellow, 
  the 
  knob 
  darker, 
  brownish. 
  Legs: 
  

   coxa 
  bro%vn; 
  trochanter, 
  paler, 
  yellow; 
  femora 
  yellow 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  

   subapical 
  ring; 
  tibia 
  and 
  tarsus 
  light 
  yellow, 
  the 
  apical 
  two 
  tarsal 
  

   segments 
  darker, 
  brown. 
  

  

  Wings: 
  gra3nsh-bro\\Ti 
  wdth 
  numerous 
  white 
  spots 
  and 
  dots 
  

   abundantly 
  sprinkled 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  cells; 
  the 
  larger 
  spots 
  being 
  (1) 
  in 
  

   base 
  of 
  cells 
  II 
  and 
  M; 
  (2) 
  at 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  Rs; 
  (3) 
  at 
  Sc2 
  extending 
  

   from 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  the 
  sector; 
  (4) 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  Sc^ 
  and 
  (5) 
  along 
  the 
  

   basal 
  deflection 
  of 
  Cui, 
  the 
  veins 
  brown 
  except 
  where 
  the 
  spots 
  en- 
  

   croach 
  upon 
  them 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  yellowish- 
  white. 
  (See 
  fig. 
  28.^) 
  

  

  Abdomen: 
  tergum 
  yellowish-brown, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  black 
  median 
  

   stripe 
  and 
  a 
  broader 
  lateral 
  one; 
  sternum 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Totonicipan, 
  Guatemala, 
  C. 
  Am.; 
  1902 
  

   (G.Eisen). 
  Allotype. 
  — 
  Female, 
  with 
  the 
  holotype. 
  Paratype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  

   ^^^th 
  the 
  holotype. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  collection 
  (No. 
  14922). 
  

  

  ERIOPTERA 
  (MESOCYPHONA) 
  KNABI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Vertex 
  grayish-brown, 
  unicolorous; 
  mesonotum 
  dull 
  gray, 
  dorsal 
  

   stripes 
  very 
  narrow; 
  pleural 
  stripes 
  rather 
  indistinct; 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  

   femora 
  dark; 
  costal 
  and 
  sub-costal 
  cells 
  of 
  wing 
  dark 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  

   spots. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length, 
  4 
  mm; 
  wing, 
  4.2 
  mm. 
  Head: 
  rostrum 
  and 
  palpi 
  

   dark 
  brown; 
  antennae 
  uniformally 
  brown; 
  front, 
  vertex 
  and 
  occiput 
  

   grayish-brown 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  linear 
  brown 
  spot 
  on 
  vertex. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  pronotum 
  white, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  pale 
  browTi 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  

   line, 
  giving 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  divided. 
  Mesonotum: 
  prae- 
  

   scutum 
  duU 
  gray; 
  the 
  extreme 
  lateral 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  white; 
  

   continued 
  caudad 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  pro 
  thoracic 
  scutellum; 
  a 
  broad 
  

   sublateral 
  band 
  beginning 
  near 
  the 
  pseudosuture, 
  continuing 
  caudad, 
  

   indistinct, 
  brown. 
  The 
  lateral 
  bands 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  broad 
  

  

  1 
  In 
  the 
  figure, 
  No. 
  28, 
  the 
  veto 
  Sc 
  was 
  accidentally 
  omitted. 
  

  

  