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narrow, light brown bar. Maxillary palpi yellow, terminal segment 
yellowish-brown. Basal antennal segment light yellow, dorsally 
brownish-yellow at distal margin; next six segments light yellowish- 
brown becoming darker brown dorsally; next eleven to thirteen 
segments dark brownish-black, changing abruptly after segments 
eighteen to twenty to a very pale yellow; latter pale yellow segments 
becoming brownish with approximately the distal 30 segments 
distinctly brown; fifty-seven segments in both the left and right 
antenna (N = 19). Legs generally pale yellowish-brown; meso- 
thoracic and metathoracic coxae dark brown, prothoracic coxae 
pale yellow. Pronotum brown with darker mottling; mesonotum 
dark brown with large, light yellowish-brown patch in center with 
thin, dark, medial line posteriorly; metanotum dark brown with 
yellowish-brown medial patch;' mesothoracic and metathoracic 
pleurites dark brown. 
FORE WING: length 4.1 mm, width 1.5 mm (N = 3); wing venation 
and coloration identical to that of male, in both sexes 3dr runs from 
under pterostigma to Rs, not to R 2 +3 as previously thought, 3dr 
distal to coalescence of Sc and Ri. 
HINDWING: length 3.6 mm, width 1.5 mm (N = 3); wing venation 
and coloration identical to that of male. 
FEMALE GENITALIA: (Fig. lg) eighth tergite broader dorsally, 
narrowing ventrally; ninth tergite with each lateroventral half large, 
elongate, anterior border convex and twice as wide as posterior 
border, dorsal margin sloping gently down and leveling off at 
posterior end, sharp ventrad slope just before articulation with 
ninth sternite, ventral margin sloping gently upward, slight con¬ 
cavity just before posterior apex, short horizontal ridge running 
anteriorly from posterior apex; ninth sternite not sharply bent at 
apex. 
COCOON: The cocoons were spun on the ventral surfaces of dead 
leaves near the midrib. The morphology of the cocoon is almost 
identical to that of the larger cocoon of the nearctic species Climacia 
areolaris (Brown, 1952). The cocoon is composed of two separate 
parts (Fig. 2). The inner portion is an oblong hemispherical 
structure spun of fine grayish-white silk deposited randomly; it 
completely shields the insect from view. Mean width, length, and 
height are 1.7 mm, 2.9 mm, and 1.1 mm respectively (N = 5). 
Surrounding the inner cocoon and separate from it is an open- 
