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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



vol. 48. 



Comparison of characters of specks in the genus Metaleptobasis — Continued. 





bovilla, male. 



brysonima, 

 male. 



mauritia, male. 



manicaria, male. 



sp., female. 



Abdomen . . 



1 dark flesh col- 

 ored, darker 

 apically, 2-10 

 dark brown or 

 black dorsally; 

 pale interrupV 

 ed basal rings 

 on 3-8; sides of 

 8 brown, 10 

 largely brown, 

 2-6 beneath 

 pale, darker 

 apically, 7-10 

 beneath light 

 brown. 



1-7 similar to 

 bovilla; 8-10 

 pale dull 

 brown ocher. 



1-7 similar to bo- 

 villa; 8-10 dull 

 brown ocher, 

 basal half of 9 

 darker; in one 

 specimen basal 

 three-fourths of 

 8 and basal three- 

 fifths of 9 dark. 



Similar to bry- 

 sonima, but 7 

 apically more 

 or less the color 

 of 8-10. 



Similar to boviUa, 

 but basal rings 

 evident only 

 on 2 and 3. 





Pale, tarsal claws 

 not toothed. 



Same as bovil- 

 la. 



Same as bovilla. 



Same as bovilla . 



Same as bovilla. 





Covering 1 cell; 

 dark brown, 

 paler just 

 against the in- 

 closing veins. 



Covering l cell 

 or slightly 

 less; brown 

 ocher, paler 

 just against 

 the inclosing 

 veins. 



Not quite or cov- 

 ering 1 cell: pale 

 brown,palerjust 

 against the in- 

 closing veins. 



Same as mauri- 

 tia; generally 

 covering l cell; 

 brown, paler 

 against the in- 

 closing veins. 



Reduced, cover- 

 ing much less 

 than l cell; 

 pale brown, 

 paler just 

 against the in- 

 closing veins. 



Cubito-anal 

 cross vein 

 from quad- 

 rangle. 



Not over twice 

 its own length. 



About twice 

 its own 

 length. 



Same as bryson- 

 ima. 



2-3 times its 

 own length. 



More than 3 times 

 its own length. 



Posterior 

 wing mar- 

 gin meet- 

 ing anal 

 vein. 



Slightly distal to 

 cubito- ana 1 

 cross vein. 



Same as bo- 

 villa. 



More distal than 

 in the 2 preced- 

 ing species; 

 about the length 

 of the cubito- 

 anal cross vein 

 or more. 



Same as bovilla. 



At cubito-anal 

 cross vein. 



Ratio of 

 anterior 

 side of 

 quadran- 

 gle to pos- 

 terior side 

 ia front 

 wing. 



2:5 



2:5 



2:5 



2:5 



1:4 



Same in 

 hind wing. 



\ 2:3 



2:3 



2:3 



2:3 1:2 

 1 



Postquad- 

 rangular 

 cells to 

 level of 

 intersec- 

 tion of R 8 

 with M1-2 

 (anteno- 

 dal cells). 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



Postnodals 

 in front 

 wing. 



12 (2 wings). 



11 (2 wings). 



11 (2 wings). 



12 (5 wings). 



13 (1 wing). 



11 (1 wing). 



12 (3 wings). 



13 (16 wings). 



12 (1 wing). 



13 (1 wing). 



Same in 

 hind wing. 



11 (2 wings). 



10 (2 wings). 



11 (5 wings). 



12 (3 wings). 



10(1 wing). 



11 (3 wings). 



12 (16 wings). 



11 (2 wings). 



