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  I'ROCEEDINOS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  an 
  incomplete 
  ocellus 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Venation 
  (see 
  

   fig. 
  37). 
  

  

  Abdomen: 
  terga 
  dark 
  brown 
  on 
  segments 
  1 
  to 
  4; 
  segments 
  5 
  to 
  8 
  

   paler 
  brown; 
  sterna, 
  first 
  dark 
  brown, 
  remainder 
  paler 
  brown; 
  hj^'po-' 
  

   pygium 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  

  

  The 
  paratype 
  differs 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  type, 
  but 
  shows 
  the 
  pleural 
  markings 
  better. 
  The 
  

   brown 
  stripe 
  inclosmg 
  the 
  anterior 
  stigma 
  is 
  here 
  pale 
  in 
  front 
  but 
  

   darker 
  near 
  the 
  wing-bases, 
  and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  pale 
  lines 
  described 
  

   above. 
  Below 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  dark 
  brown 
  stripe, 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  separating 
  at 
  the 
  fore 
  coxa? 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tmuing 
  back 
  across 
  the 
  epipleurje 
  as 
  a 
  broad, 
  deep 
  chocolate-bro-wTi 
  

   band 
  which 
  becomes 
  more 
  indistinct 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   pleurse. 
  Ventrad 
  of 
  this 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   sterne 
  is 
  a 
  pale 
  silvery 
  bloom, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  spot 
  above 
  almost 
  

   continuous 
  with 
  the 
  epipleural 
  band 
  and 
  below 
  changing 
  to 
  the 
  dusky 
  

   brown 
  of 
  the 
  venter. 
  

  

  Wings 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  holotype, 
  but 
  three 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  cell 
  

   first 
  anal 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  spots 
  encroaching 
  into 
  various 
  cells 
  

   of 
  the 
  wmg, 
  but 
  the 
  size, 
  of 
  these 
  spots 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  relative 
  and 
  

   the 
  number 
  is 
  generally 
  probably 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  description. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Holotype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  Chapada, 
  ^latto 
  Grosso, 
  Brazil 
  (H. 
  H. 
  

   Smith, 
  coll.). 
  Paratype. 
  — 
  Male, 
  same 
  locality 
  and 
  collector. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  

  

  EPIPHRAGMA 
  BUSCKI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Related 
  to 
  E. 
  solatrix 
  and 
  E. 
  sackeni] 
  differs 
  from 
  both 
  species 
  in 
  

   its 
  different 
  wing-picture; 
  from 
  solatrix 
  in 
  leg-coloration, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  ^Length, 
  8 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  8.2 
  mm.; 
  head: 
  rostrum 
  yellow; 
  

   palpi 
  dark 
  brown; 
  antennse 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  segments 
  dark 
  

   brownish-black; 
  remainder 
  broken; 
  vertex 
  and 
  occiput 
  brownish- 
  

   gray, 
  clearer 
  gray 
  nearest 
  the 
  eyes; 
  a 
  brown 
  mark 
  connecting 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  front; 
  front 
  gray; 
  cervical 
  sclerites 
  andgense 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  pronotum 
  dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  lighter; 
  mesonotum: 
  

   pmescutum 
  anteriorly 
  light 
  brown 
  with 
  five 
  narrow 
  brown 
  lines 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  from 
  the 
  cephalic 
  margin 
  backward, 
  the 
  median 
  one 
  is 
  broadest 
  

   in 
  front 
  and 
  continues 
  farthest 
  caudad; 
  caudal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  scle- 
  

   rite 
  with 
  a 
  thick 
  whitish-yellow 
  bloom, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  band 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  suture 
  across 
  

   the 
  sclerite; 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  lateral 
  stripes 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  brown, 
  

   giving 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  but 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  stripes 
  of 
  wliich 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  ones 
  are 
  broad; 
  scutum 
  light 
  yellow 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  brown 
  

   transverse 
  band; 
  scutellum 
  brown 
  caudally; 
  postnotum 
  light 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous-yellow 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  base 
  and 
  tip; 
  metanotum 
  light 
  yellow. 
  

   Pleurae 
  light 
  silky 
  yellow, 
  with 
  an 
  interrupted 
  dark 
  brown 
  band 
  

   extending 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  caudal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  back 
  across 
  

  

  