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Exuvia. Whitish transparent, the dorsum of the abdominal seg- 

 ments with minute, chitinous points, the structures otherwise prac- 

 tically as in the pupa. 



Fig. 61 Fifth anten- 

 nal segment of M 1 a s - 

 tor americana, 



greatly enlarged. (Orig- 

 inal) 



Fig. 62 Side view of thorax, 

 legs and abdomen of M i a s t o r 

 americana. (Original) 



Fig. 63 Pal- 

 pus of M i a s - 

 tor ameri- 

 cana, greatly 

 enlarged. (Ori- 

 ginal) 



Fig. 64 Wing of Miastor americana, greatly en- 

 larged. (Original) 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae hardly extending to the base of 

 the thorax, sparsely haired, yellowish or yellowish red ; 1 1 segments, 

 the fifth narrowly oval, with a length one-third greater than its 

 diameter, a sparse whorl of stout setae near the middle and sub- 

 apically a whorl of several irregular, narrowly triangular processes 

 extending about to the basal fourth of the following segment ; 

 terminal segment oval, with a length one-third greater than its 

 diameter. Palpi ; first segment subquadrate, second segment oval, 

 both sparsely setose. The vertex and eyes fuscous. Mesonotum 

 yellowish brown. Scutellum brownish red, postscutellum reddish 

 orange. Abdomen deep red ; genitalia fuscous. Wings hyaline, 

 costa yellowish basally, the distal half reddish; the feeble subcosta 

 uniting with costa at the basal third, the third vein obsolescent 



