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sutures extending onto crown and attaining ocelli; antennal ledges not pro- 
tuberant, in lateral view with anterior margins convex and oblique; clypeus 
flattened medially, muscle impressions distinct, clypellus with apical margin 
shallowly emarginate between apicolateral lobes, face almost without 
pubescence, transclypeal suture interrupted, clypellus with contour continuing 
profile of clypeus, or slightly more nearly horizontal (varying intraspecifical- 
ly). 
Thorax with pronotal width varying from slightly less than to slightly great- 
er than transocular width of head, lateral margins parallel or slightly con- 
vergent anteriorly, dorsopleural carinae complete, posterior margin concave; 
scutellum not striate behind transverse sulcus. Forewing with membrane in- 
cluding all or most of inner apical cell and portion of remaining apical cells, 
veins not very distinct, not elevated, with four apical cells, the base of fourth 
usually nearly a continuation of transverse base of third, texture coriaceous 
and without sculpturing; forewings of female in rest position exceeding apex 
of ovipositor. Hindleg with femoral setal formula 2:1:1; length of first tar- 
somere greater than combined length of two more distal tarsomeres and with 
two parallel rows of small setae on plantar surface. 
Male genitalia: Pygofer moderately produced with apical margin concave or 
convex, with macrosetae variable interspecifically, with or without an apical 
or ventroapical short tapered acute process on each side. Plates short 
triangular, not extending posteriorly nearly as far as pygofer apex, with uni- 
seriate macrosetae. Style extending posteriorly to a degree variable in- 
terspecifically with respect to apex of connective, without a conspicuous 
preapical lobe. Connective Y- or V-shaped, keeled. Aedeagus symmetrical, 
with or without processes (variable intraspecifically). Paraphyses absent, or 
vestigial. 

FIGURE 242.—Baleja rufofasciata (Distant) (f from specimen from Ecuador; 
remainder from Costa Rica). 
