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Leucochrysa claveria Navas 1927. Banks 1944: 135 (synonymy). Although 
the type could not be located in the Navas collection in 1974, the description 
is sufficiently complete to indicate Banks’ action is probably correct. 
Leucochrysa calif ornica Navas 1928: 235, new synonymy. Holotype: “California”, 
Riksmuseum, Stockholm, female. Allochrysa calif ornica, Banks 1938: 122. 
Allochrysa virginica (incorrectly), Bickley and MacLeod, 1956: 184. 
The identity of L. californica has long been a puzzle, as Navas’ 
description does not fit any known species from the United States. 
The specimen proved to be heavily plastered with moth scales, 
accounting for his incomplete description of the head markings. 
The printed label “California” dates from the late nineteenth cen- 
tury (Per Inge Persson, pers. comm.), and perhaps replaced an 
original handwritten label, now lost, such as “Col” or perhaps even 
“Cali”. As this species is otherwise known only from Colombia, 
we may presume that the type originated there also. 
Description. Head (Fig. 4) pale, labrum, clypeus and frons suf- 
fused with wine red; red genal stripe present; on vertex a dark 
blackish red V-mark bordering the antennal fossae, jointed pos- 
teriorly by a pair of slender transverse red marks; membrane of 
fossae pink or red suffused. Scapes dorsally suffused with blackish 
red, bearing medial black stripe; pedicel black ringed, short an- 
terior blackish red, flagellar stripe. Pronotum pale yellow green, 
anterior corners pink suffused, occasionally with two small brown 
spots. Abdominal tergites 6 and 7 heavily black-marked. In the 
forewing, the inner gradate series extends far distally, intersecting 
all but one to three “intermediates” (branches of Rs extending from 
Rs to pseudomedia, and appearing almost as crossveins). Costal 
area broad, tallest cell 4.3 times as tall as wide, marginal fork op- 
posite outer psm crossvein, 5 times as long as wide. Dark spot 
surrounding the outer psm crossvein, and 6 or 7 crossveins near 
the center of the outer gradate series are dark, narrowly brown 
bordered. Forewing 23.5 mm long. In female, subgenitale (Fig. 1) 
narrow, bearing a small pit on the inner anterior surface. Copu- 
latory bursa (Fig. 2) small, bursal duct delicate, moderately long, 
two bursal gland ducts; spermatheca pillbox-shaped, duct short 
(Fig. 3). 
This species is easily recognized by the inner gradate series ex- 
tending far basally, broad wings with long costal and marginal cells, 
and head markings. 
