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Rhabdepyris ( Rhabdepyris ) nigriscapus Evans, 1965 
This species was described from a single female from the province 
of Jujuy, Argentina, unfortunately indicated as a “c?” in the orig- 
inal description, although stated to be a female two lines later. Mr. 
Fritz Plaumann has recently sent me a second female, this one from 
Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina, Brazil, collected in March, 1965. 
I his specimen agrees closely with the type in color and most struc- 
tural characters, but it is considerably larger (LFW 2.1 mm) and 
the front femora measure only 2.65 X as long as their maximum 
width. The head is also slightly wider (WH 1.02 X LH) and the 
front narrower (WF 1.02 X HE) ; the ocellar triangle is broad, 
OOL only .77 X WOT. Thus this specimen bridges some of the 
gaps supposed to separate nigriscapus and minutulus. The latter 
species may still be separable on the basis of its extremely small size, 
more compact antennae, pale scape, and somewhat more robust front 
femora; but only the accumulation of much more material of this 
complex will permit final clarification of specific characters. 
Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) multilineatus n. sp. 
This species is of unusual interest because the pronotum lacks a 
foveolate groove paralleling its posterior margin; actually such a 
groove is partially developed in one of the two available males, but 
absent in the other male and in all six females. I used the presence 
of such a groove as a subgeneric character in my 1965 revision, but 
evidently it will not hold. Otherwise multilineatus is a reasonably 
typical member of this subgenus, being related to those species in 
which the front angle of the ocellar triangle of the female is less than 
a right angle. In the male the ocellar triangle is somewhat broader, 
so that the males will run to gracilis in my key (as they also will 
with respect to head shape). Actually the males are readily separable 
from those of both gracilis and muesebecki on the basis of the pale 
and much more compact antennae. 
This species is also of special interest since the type series has as- 
sociated with it the first host data for any member of this genus. 
Pinned with the type series is an adult and a larva of the dermestid 
Cryptorhopalum septemsignatum Sharp [det. J. M. Kingsolver] ; the 
word “notes” is written on the label in the handwriting of the col- 
lector, F. X. Williams. Dr. Williams writes that he can no longer 
find these notes, but he remembers collecting some empty cocoons 
under loose bark along the edge of a forest; he believes that the 
Rhabdepyris adults were reared from larvae which were feeding on 
