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or setae, lateral clypeal sutures extending onto crown and attaining ocelli; an- 
tennal ledges not protuberant, in lateral view with anterior margins usually 
convex and oblique; clypeus convex, muscle impressions distinct or not, 
transclypeal suture obscure medially, clypellus not strongly produced, but in 
profile with its lower portion more nearly horizontal than upper portion. 
Thorax with pronotal width greater than transocular width of head, lateral 
margins convergent anteriorly, dorsopleural carinae complete, posterior 
margin varying intraspecifically from slightly convex to slightly concave, disk 
without sculpturing, without pubescence; scutellum not striate behind 
transverse sulcus. Forewing with a membrane, veins not very distinct, elevated 
or not, with four apical cells of which base of fourth is usually more proximal 
than base of third, without an anteapical plexus of veins, texture from weakly 
to strongly coriaceous and without sculpturing; forewings of female in rest 

FIGURE 163.—Cardtoscarta electa Melichar (a, 1, from lectotype; remainder from 
specimen from Ecuador): p, Anterior dorsum. 
