﻿NO. 
  196G. 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  NEOTROPICAL 
  LIMNOBIN^— 
  ALEXANDER. 
  539 
  

   EPIPHRAGMA 
  PUPILLATA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Pale 
  yellow; 
  a 
  narrow 
  brown 
  median 
  line 
  on 
  head 
  ; 
  thoracic 
  pleurae 
  

   with 
  broad 
  brown 
  bands; 
  fore 
  femora 
  wdth 
  a 
  pale 
  brown 
  subapical 
  

   band; 
  ^vings 
  subhyaline 
  with 
  about 
  nine 
  darker 
  s])ots 
  along 
  the 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  pale 
  brown 
  spots 
  over 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing; 
  an 
  

   ocellate 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  sector. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length, 
  7 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  9-9.5 
  mm.; 
  fore 
  leg, 
  femora, 
  6 
  mm.; 
  

   tibia, 
  7.25 
  mm.; 
  head: 
  rostrum 
  and 
  palpi 
  brown; 
  antennae 
  yellow; 
  

   first 
  segment 
  elongate-cylindrical, 
  second 
  rounded-oval, 
  remainder 
  

   lacking; 
  front, 
  vertex 
  and 
  occiput 
  light 
  yellow, 
  somewhat 
  darker 
  

   posteriorly 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  dark 
  brown 
  median 
  line 
  beginning 
  at 
  

   the 
  narrowest 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  front, 
  continued 
  caudad; 
  front 
  narrow, 
  

   about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  antennal 
  segment 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  pronotum, 
  yellow, 
  brownish 
  medially, 
  Avith 
  three 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  rounded 
  spots, 
  the 
  median 
  one 
  in 
  front 
  on 
  the 
  scutum, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  ones 
  larger 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesonotum 
  : 
  praescutum, 
  

   pale 
  brownish-yellow, 
  the 
  lateral 
  and 
  cephalic 
  margms 
  of 
  the 
  sclerite 
  

   broadly 
  brown, 
  continuing 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  wing-bases, 
  a 
  similarly 
  colored, 
  

   very 
  narrow 
  median 
  line 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  cephalic 
  mai-gin 
  of 
  the 
  prae- 
  

   scutum, 
  continues 
  backward 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctness 
  to 
  the 
  

   suture; 
  scutum 
  yellowish, 
  brownish 
  medially, 
  this 
  color 
  broadened 
  

   out 
  on 
  the 
  caudal 
  margin; 
  scutellum 
  pale 
  yellow; 
  post-notum, 
  brown- 
  

   ish-yellow. 
  Metanotum 
  darker, 
  brown. 
  Pleurae: 
  a 
  narrow 
  oblique 
  

   brown 
  band 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  coUare 
  caudad 
  to 
  the 
  wing 
  bases, 
  

   inclosing 
  the 
  mesothoracic 
  stigma, 
  bounded 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  

   narrow 
  pale 
  line; 
  remainder 
  of 
  pleurae 
  and 
  sterna 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Hal- 
  

   teres 
  light 
  yellow, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  knob 
  

   slightly 
  inf 
  uscated. 
  Legs 
  : 
  coxas 
  yellow, 
  brown 
  basally 
  ; 
  fore 
  leg, 
  only, 
  

   remains; 
  femur 
  light 
  yellow 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  brown 
  subapical 
  band; 
  tibia 
  

   light 
  yellow 
  throughout; 
  tarsi 
  lackmg. 
  

  

  Wings 
  (see 
  fig. 
  37) 
  subhyaline, 
  nine 
  brown 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margm, 
  the 
  second 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  humeral 
  cross-vein, 
  fourth 
  over 
  the 
  

   origin 
  of 
  R5, 
  fifth, 
  at 
  the 
  supernumerary 
  cross-vein, 
  sLxth, 
  at 
  the 
  

   tip 
  of 
  Sci, 
  seventh, 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  R^, 
  eighth 
  and 
  ninth, 
  at 
  tips 
  of 
  Rg 
  and 
  

   R3, 
  respectively. 
  A 
  distinct 
  eye-like 
  spot, 
  its 
  pupil 
  at 
  the 
  angulation 
  

   of 
  R5, 
  pale 
  brown. 
  Three 
  dark 
  brown 
  spots 
  in 
  cell 
  Sc, 
  under 
  the 
  

   third 
  to 
  fifth 
  costal 
  spots 
  described 
  above. 
  Other 
  pale 
  brown 
  marks 
  

   on 
  the 
  wing 
  disk, 
  as 
  follows: 
  semicircular 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  third 
  

   costal 
  spot 
  backward 
  across 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  cells 
  R 
  and 
  M; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  seven 
  

   in 
  cell 
  second 
  anal; 
  one 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  vein 
  second 
  anal; 
  two 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  cell 
  first 
  anal 
  ; 
  four 
  lq 
  the 
  distal 
  half 
  of 
  cell 
  Cu 
  ; 
  one 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell 
  

   M, 
  in 
  cell 
  Cu 
  and 
  in 
  cell 
  M3; 
  two 
  in 
  cell 
  Mj, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  in 
  cell 
  R5; 
  

   a 
  large 
  one 
  about 
  the 
  stigma, 
  extending 
  down 
  into 
  cells 
  first 
  Ri, 
  Rj, 
  

   and 
  base 
  of 
  R3; 
  a 
  semicircular 
  one 
  in 
  cells 
  first 
  Rj 
  and 
  end 
  of 
  Rj 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sector; 
  this 
  last, 
  with 
  the 
  stigmal 
  spot, 
  forms 
  

  

  