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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Dodd's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  as 
  scutellura, 
  without 
  a 
  median 
  scale 
  or 
  tooth, 
  coarsely 
  rugose. 
  

   Fore-wings 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  broad; 
  hyahne 
  along 
  its 
  

   margins 
  except 
  distad, 
  for 
  the 
  rest 
  a 
  little 
  brownish, 
  but 
  not 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  banded 
  or 
  blotched; 
  venation 
  reddish, 
  terminating 
  a 
  little 
  

   beyond 
  half- 
  wing 
  length 
  ; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  long, 
  several 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  short 
  stigmal; 
  basal 
  vein 
  very 
  distinct, 
  the 
  median 
  vein 
  

   present 
  distad 
  of 
  basal 
  vein 
  and 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  wing 
  

   margin, 
  no 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  basal. 
  Petiole 
  very 
  long, 
  many 
  times 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  body 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  carinate, 
  its 
  basal 
  half 
  

   coarsely 
  rugose; 
  body 
  of 
  abdomen 
  conic 
  -ovate; 
  ' 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining; 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  sulcus 
  or 
  depression 
  for 
  basal 
  half; 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  following 
  united. 
  Length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  8000 
  feet, 
  Omil- 
  

   tetoe, 
  Guerrero, 
  Mexico; 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith." 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Bakeria 
  KiefTer 
  formerly 
  contained 
  one 
  species 
  from 
  

   Central 
  America; 
  rugosa 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  and 
  pecuUar 
  

   species, 
  and 
  should 
  possibly 
  form 
  a 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  Paramesius 
  longior, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  9. 
  Black; 
  legs 
  wholly 
  deep 
  red; 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  reddish; 
  

   antennae 
  red, 
  the 
  aj)ical 
  joints 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal; 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  long 
  setae; 
  

   frons 
  straight 
  from 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  to 
  antennal 
  insertion; 
  eyes 
  

   moderately 
  large, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  setae. 
  Antennae 
  13-jointed 
  ; 
  

   long; 
  scape 
  very 
  long, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  next 
  four 
  joints 
  eombined, 
  

   non-spinose 
  at 
  apex; 
  pedicel 
  almost 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   width; 
  flagellum 
  very 
  gently 
  incrassate, 
  without 
  a 
  distinct 
  club, 
  

   joint 
  1 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width, 
  2-10 
  gradually 
  

   shortening, 
  10 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  penultimate. 
  Thorax 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   long 
  setae; 
  pronotum 
  visible 
  from 
  above 
  and 
  trmicate 
  anteriorly; 
  

   scutum 
  narrowed 
  anteriorly; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  delicate^ 
  failing 
  

   anteriorly 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  one 
  large 
  circular 
  fovea 
  at 
  base, 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   fovea 
  along 
  each 
  lateral 
  margin; 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  plain 
  

   median 
  carina. 
  Fore-wings 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  broad; 
  

   stained 
  yellowish; 
  venation 
  fuscous, 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  slender 
  

   marginal 
  vein 
  ; 
  basal 
  vein 
  not 
  indicated. 
  Petiole 
  about 
  four 
  times 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  carinate 
  ; 
  body 
  of 
  abdomen 
  not 
  raised 
  from 
  petiole 
  

   no 
  wider 
  at 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  petiole, 
  gradually 
  widening 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  

   half 
  its 
  length, 
  then 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  narrowing; 
  segment 
  2 
  three 
  

   times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  following 
  united, 
  3-4 
  very 
  short, 
  apical 
  segment 
  

   long 
  and 
  narrowly 
  pointed. 
  Length, 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  