34 N. C. AGR. EXP. STA. BUL. 239 
pronotal width greater than transocular width of head, dorsopleural carinae 
complete, posterior margin broadly convex but with a shallow median concavity; 
scutellum not transversely rugose behind transverse sulcus. Forewing with a 
membrane, veins slightly elevated. Hindleg with length of first tarsomere approx- 
imately equal to combined length of two more distal tarsomeres. Other external 
characters as in generic description. Male pygofer gradually narrowed 
posteriorly to concavely truncate apex; plates as in N. variolata (Melichar) (fig. 
1d); style with apical portion gently curved, acute at tip; connective longer than 
in other species in the genus, emarginate apically, not keeled; aedeagus in lateral 
view more arched than in other species of the genus, with apical portion less ex- 
panded; paraphyses short-stalked, with a single pair of rami. Female abdominal 
sternum VII with posterior margin deeply emarginate, the depressed area with 
its posterior margin bearing a slight median convexity. 
Color of dorsum tan, with a broad area on each side of apex of crown and en- 
tire scutellum, black; pronotum occasionally (holotype) and humeral and com- 
missural margins of clavus, castaneous; clypeus with lateral areas black, remain- 
der of face, thoracic pleura, and legs, red to brown. 


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FIGURE 3. — Neiva crassa, n. sp. (a-f, from holotype; others from specimen from 
Loja, Ecuador): p, Bases of second valvulae of ovipositor. 
