74 N.C. AGR. EXP. STA. BUL. 239 
Stehlikiana meridaensis, NEW SPECIES 
FicurE 37 
Length of male 8.0 mm, of female 8.0-8.4 mm. Head with median length of 
crown from slightly more than one-half to almost six-tenths interocular width 
and from one-third to almost four-tenths transocular width, antennal ledges not 
carinate, clypeus with muscle impressions not distinct, clypellus with contour 
continuing profile of clypeus. Thorax with dorsopleural carinae incomplete; 
scutellum transversely rugose behind transverse depression; forewing with inner 
two apical cells membranous; hindleg with length of first tarsomere greater than 
combined length of two more distal tarsomeres. Male pygofer convex apically, 
with macrosetae near posterior margin and with numerous minute microsetae on 
posterior half of disk; plates not extending posteriorly as far as pygofer apex, 
setae not uniseriate; aedeagal shaft not much narrower near apex than at base; 
paraphyses with rami longer than stalk, slender, tapering, and acute at their 
apices. Female abdominal sternum VII tapered at midlength, the narrower 
apical portion more gradually tapered to slightly notched apex (much as S. 
gaudialis, n. sp. (fig. 401)); second valvulae much as in S. Aalticula (Jacobi) (fig. 45 
k-n); pygofer as in S. novemnotata (Lethierry) (fig. 267). 
Crown, anterior portion of pronotum, and scutellum, orange, a narrow pale 
brown transverse band behind middle of pronotum, occasionally interrupted, 
ground color of pronotum green-tinged behind the band, anterior margin of 
pronotum and of scutellum narrowly black; forewings dull brown, each with two 
oval spots in clavus, an oval spot in basal half of corium, a diagonal spot opposite , 
claval apex, and a transverse spot through anteapical cells, orange; face amber 
with a small black spot near base of clypeus; propleura and femora pale yellow, 
tibiae and tarsi tinged with brown. 
Holotype and two additional males, Mérida, Venezuela, Rio Albaregas, 8000 
ft.. November 11, 1939 (J. Hambury-Tracy); three females, E. of Mérida, 
Venezuela, Acequias, 8000 ft., October 16, 1939 (same collector) (BM). One 
female, Mérida, Venezuela (Briceno) (HNHM). 
Externally, S. meridaensis, n. sp., is similar to S. obsoleta (Signoret), but the latter 
lacks the transverse pronotal dark band, has an apical black spot on the crown, 
and black spots in the basal angles of the scutellum, all differing from meridaensis. 
The structure of the aedeagus of obsoleta and the form of the paraphyses are also 
different from meridaensts. 
Stehlikiana gaudialis, NEW SPECIES 
FicuRE 40 
Length of male 8.3 mm, of female 8.5 mm. Head with median length of crown 
from slightly more than one-half to slightly more than six-tenths interocular 
width, and from one-third to approximately four-tenths transocular width, an- 
tennal ledge carinate, clypeus with muscle impressions indistinct, clypellus with 
profile of its lower portion more nearly horizontal than contour of remainder of 
face. Thorax with dorsopleural carinae incomplete; scutellum with or without 
