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Raphidia were collected in southern Mexico, a little north- 
east of the caudata locality. 
Raphidia americana, n. sp. 
Plate 6, figures 1-3 
Male (holotype) : length of fore wing, 6.4 mm.; width 
2 mm.; length of hind wing, 6 mm.; width, 1.7 mm. 
Pterostigma about two and one-half times as long as wide. 
The general coloration and markings are typical of those 
of the genus; antennae, including first segment, yellow; 
head and prothorax black and reddish brown; thoracic 
tergites black, membranous areas of pleuron white; legs 
very light brown; abdominal tergites black, each with a 
white spot on the posterior margin near the outer edge 
of the sclerite; pleural membrane white; abdominal ster- 
nites brown, with a white patch posteriorly; wing veins 
nearly black; pterostigma yellowish, the proximal part 
somewhat darker than the distal. The terminal abdominal 
segments are shown in figures 2 and 3. The gonocoxites 
are firmly fused to the ninth sternite, forming a single, 
long, lateral plate; the styli are of moderate size, smaller 
than those of notata ; the ectoproct is elongate, extending 
somewhat beyond the styli; the parameres are slender, 
weakly sclerotized plates closely pressed to the sides of 
the hypovalva. 
Female (paratype) : length of fore wing, 7.5 mm.; 
width, 2 mm. ; ovipositor, 4 mm. The coloration and mark- 
ings are similar to those of the males except for the 
antennae, the distal parts of which are dark brown (An- 
tennal coloration is probably variable within the species) . 
Holotype ( s ) : 5 miles north of Cuernavaco, Morelos, 
Mexico: 6000' elevation; beating pine; Aug. 28, 1958 (col- 
lected by H. E. Howden) . In the Canadian National Collec- 
tion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada. 
Epxlanation of Plate 7 
Inocellia pilicornis n. sp. All drawings based on holotype. Fig. 4. 
Fore and hind wings. Fig. 5. Part of an antenna. Fig. 6. A single 
antennal segment. Fig. 7. Terminal abdominal segments. Lettering: be, 
basal crossvein. 
