1945] Tropiduchidoz and Kinnaridce 127 
strongly convex, dorsal margin straight, turning upward near 
apex; lobe of right side much narrower, curving dorsally and 
tapering evenly to an acute point. Penis with a long sinuate 
spinose process arising one-third from base on left side directed 
dorsally and caudad, apical portion of penis lobate, in profile 
with dorsal margin shallowly convex, apical margin oblique, 
minutely denticulate, apical process a stout, curved spine di- 
rected dorsally and posteriorly. 
Genital styles in profile expanding from base, ventral margin 
almost straight, curving distally into a narrow lobe, dorsal 
margin concave, rising steeply and curving mesally to meet 
vertical apical margin in a blunt point. 
Described from a single male taken in Maricao forest, 2,000- 
3,000 ft., Puerto Rico, by P. J. Darlington (May 30-June 2, 
1938). This species is distinguished by the genitalia and the 
tegminal coloration. It differs from all the lesser Antillean spe- 
cies in not having a lateral process projecting from the hind 
margin of the pygofer, a difference which may prove to be of 
generic value if other forms like pellucida are found with a 
generally similar aedeagal armature. 
Quilessa funebris sp. nov. 
(figs. 4, 30, 42, 43) 
Female. Length, 1.7 mm.; tegmen, 2.1 mm. 
Piceous; rostrum, legs excluding pro- and meso-coxae testa- 
ceous, slightly suffused fuscous; membrane of abdomen red. 
Tegmina smoky brown, a hyaline spot in middle of corium 
between M and Cul extending slightly beyond M towards R, a 
smaller hyaline spot at base of longest apical cell (M2), a pale 
line just distad of nodal line; first subapical and inner margin 
of posterior subapical cell almost hyaline; veins fuscous. Wings 
hyaline, very slightly tinged fuscous; veins fuscous. 
Pregenital plate subquadrate, twice as broad as long, anterior 
margin straight, lateral margins in ventral view parallel, pos- 
terior margin rather strongly convex. Ovipositor with third 
valvulse fairly broad, dorsal and ventral margins almost paral- 
lel, apical margin very oblique, first valvulae about two and a 
half times as long as broad, bluntly rounded distally, dorsal and 
ventral margins weakly convex. 
Described from a single female taken on El Yunque, Puerto 
