594 N. C. AGR. EXP. STA. BUL. 239 
margin of shaft not convex. Paraphyses ramus curved posteroventrally in 
lateral aspect, subacute at apex. Female abdominal sternum VII as in illus- 
tration of C. platensis (Berg) (fig. 4837). 
Color of male shining black dorsally with a spot at apex of head, margin of 
coronal portion of lateral clypeal sutures, a narrow area bordering mesal 
margin of each ocellus, a few arcs near anterolateral margin of head, lateral 
pronotal margins very narrowly, an apical scutellar spot, a linear spot along 
484h 


484r 

FIGURES 484-486.—484, Ciminius albolineatus (Taschenberg) (9, 7, from 
specimen from El Valle, Venezuela; remainder from Brazil; A from ventral 
view): p, gq, Paraphyses from lateral view; 7, aedeagus (same specimen as q) 
from lateral view. 485, C. taosus (Ball) (allotype from Albuquerque, New 
Mexico). 486, C. callosa (Osborn), holotype. 
