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end ; frontal bristles brown ; the row of rather long bristles at 

 the posterior orbit whitish. Antennae yellowish, nearly as long 

 as the face. Cheeks descending only a little below the eyes. 

 Thorax and scutellum black, the neighborhood of the coxae brown. 

 Hairs of the thorax short, pale yellowish, bristles brown. Scutel- 

 lum with two long brown bristles. Abdomen brownish-yellow ; 

 borer not quite so long as the two last segments united, much 

 broader at the base, broad and abrupt at the end, flattened, con- 

 colorous with the abdomen. Legs yellow. Wings black, with 

 pellucid spots. On the costal border there is a small spot before 

 the transverse humeral vein ; a similar spot projecting a little from 

 the first longitudinal vein lies beyond the transverse humeral vein, 

 and a smaller one between it and the tip of the auxiliary vein ; 

 it is followed by two triangular spots of equal size, the first of 

 which is immediately beyond the tip of the first longitudinal 

 vein, and touches the third longitudinal vein at its junction with 

 the su>all transverse vein. On the posterior border of the wing 

 there are six clear excisions, the two first of which coalesce with 

 the grayish hyaline axillary angle of the wing ; the third reaches 

 the fifth longitudinal vein ; the fourth lying behind the tip of the 

 fifth longitudinal vein is more cloudy than the others, and goes 

 a little beyond the fifth longitudinal vein ; the fifth accompanies 

 the steep posterior transverse vein at its hind side, and reaches as 

 far as the fourth longitudinal vein ; the sixth has a more inclined 

 position and a sharper tip, with which it reaches the fifth longi- 

 tudinal vein. In the middle of the broad first posterior cell there 

 is a considerable hyaline drop ; a much smaller drop is seen at the 

 anterior side of the fourth longitudinal vein, in the middle of its 

 penultimate portion, and one or two hardly visible drops at the 

 antepenultimate portion of this vein. The second longitudinal vein 

 is slightly undulating, and diverges more than usually towards the 

 end from the third longitudinal vein ; the posterior angle of the 

 anal cell is drawn out into a prolonged point. 

 Hob. Cuba. (Poey.) 



