30 N.C. AGR. EXP. STA. BUL. 239 
206. Plates extending posteriorly beyond apex of pygofer; black markings of 
crown extensive (figs. 136a, 136); aedeagus not bisinuate 
Gorgonalia, new genus (in part), page 174 
Plates not extending posteriorly as far as apex of pygofer; black mark- 
ings of crown median (fig. 602a); aedeagus bisinuate 
Pawiloma, new genus (in part), page 729 
1. Genus NEIVA MELICHAR 
FicurEs 1-3 
Neva Melichar, 1925a:368. Type-species: '. rufipes Melichar, by original designation and 
monotypy. 
Acharista Melichar, 1925a:368. Type-species: A. variolata Melichar, by original designation. 
New synonymy. 
Length of male 11.0-12.0 mm, of female 10.4-11.1 mm. 
Head moderately produced, median length of crown varying from slightly less 
than four-tenths to slightly more than one-half interocular width and from 
slightly less than three-tenths to less than four-tenths transocular width, anterior 
margin varying from broadly rounded to subangulate in dorsal view, without a 
carina at transition from crown to face, ocelli located before a line between an- 
terior eye angles, each approximately equidistant from median line and adjacent 
anterior eye angle, crown concave between ocelli, lateral clypeal sutures extend- 
ing onto crown and attaining ocelli; antennal ledges protuberant or not in dorsal 
view, each with a dorsal and an oblique carina, in lateral view with anterior 
margin oblique and rectilinear; clypeus convex or flattened medially, muscle im- 
pressions not or scarcely distinct, clypellus slightly produced, profile of its lower 
portion at an angle to contour of clypeus, pubescent, transclypeal suture obscure. 
Thorax with pronotal width usually equal to or greater than transocular width 
of head (narrower in some specimens of WV. variolata (Melichar)), lateral margins 
convergent anteriorly, dorsopleural carinae complete or not, posterior margin 
varying from broadly convex to slightly concave, disk coarsely rugose; scutellar 
surface strongly convex behind transverse sulcus, transversely rugulose or not. 
Forewing with or without a membrane, veins obscure, slightly elevated or not, 
with a number of supernumerary crossveins forming an anteapical plexus of 
veins, with apical cells very short and variable in number (apical venation 
irregular), texture strongly coriaceous and without sculpturing; forewings of 
female in rest position exceeding apex of ovipositor; hindwing with vein R243 en- 
tire. Hindleg with femoral setal formula 2:0:0; tibiae with setae of rows 1 and 2 
approximately equal in size, both widely spaced and without intercalary small 
macrosetae; length of first tarsomere equal to or less than combined length of two 
more distal tarsomeres and with numerous multiseriate setae on plantar surface. 
Male genitalia: Pygofer not strongly produced, its apical margin variable 
interspecifically, without macrosetae. Plates subtriangular, not extending near- 
ly as far posteriorly as pygofer apex, without macrosetae but with numerous 
microsetae. Style slender, extending posteriorly beyond apex of connective, 
