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fifth sternite yellowish-brown, not widely divergent, 

 with rather dense black hairs on the opposing sur- 

 faces. 



Hypopygium small, yellow; first segment re- 

 tracted, with a row of slender bristles behind ; second 

 segment rather flat, shining, with erect black hairs; 

 forceps shining, blackish brown, the free part stand- 

 ing at right angles to the attached base, smooth and 

 shining, but with a few minute granulations beliind. 

 Viewed from behind they are separated from the 

 base nearly to the apex by a uniform space, then 

 obliquely truncate ; in profile they are nearly straight 

 almost to the tip, where they make a rather sharp 

 bend forward to an acute point. Accessory plate 

 shining brownish-black, rather boat-shaped, straight; 

 in the figure this plate is viewed obliquely, hence 

 seems narrower than it really is. Posterior claspers 

 small, brown, rapidly tapering, with a small semi- 

 circular excision in front just before the tip; anterior 

 claspers smaller and more curved, also brown; penis 

 with prominent brown basal joint; distal segment 

 shining brownish black, rather boat-shaped, straight 

 on the front margin ; near the apex on the hind side a 

 long erect recurved hook arises, the tip of wliich is 

 divided into two laterally divergent parts; this hook 

 arises from a deep emargination in the tip of the back 

 plate. On the front side just before the tip tliere is 

 a tubular prolongation bordered by a somewhat dou- 

 ble curved flap which bears minute booklets upon its 

 surface. 



Legs black; middle femur with comb; middle 

 tibia with two bristles on outer front side; hind tibise 

 rather strongly ciliate on the outer hind edge, not 

 villous. 



Wings subhyaline; no costal spine; third costal 

 segment longer than fifth; first vein bare; third 

 bristly halfway to crossvein. 



Length 8.5-14 mm. 



Three males; two from Opelousas, La., and one 

 from Tifton, Ga., all in the Hough collection. 



