674 N. C. AGR. EXP. STA. BUL. 239 
Male genitalia: Pygofer moderately produced, posterior margin convex, 
with numerous macrosetae on posterior half of disk and occasionally antero- 
ventrally near base, without processes. Plates triangular, not extending as far 
posteriorly as pygofer apex, with macrosetae usually uniseriate (exception: 
inspergata, with multiseriate macrosetae). Style with length variable with re- 
spect to apex of connective, with lateral lobe distinct, apex varying from 
rounded to truncate or acute. Connective usually Y-shaped (exceptions: S. 
bilimitata (Signoret) in which it is broadly V-shaped, lanctfera and basimacula in 
which it is somewhat T-shaped). Aedeagus symmetrical, with or without a 
process or pair of processes on shaft, with or without paired processes 
apically. Paraphyses present, varying from unpaired and asymmetrical to 
paired and symmetrical. 
Female abdominal sternum VII produced and with posterior margin angu- 
late medially (exception: bi/imitata in which the median lobe is rounded). 
Genital chamber with or without dorsal sclerotization. Ovipositor with bases 
of first valvulae variable interspecifically; second valvulae with dorsal margin ex- 
panded in portion beyond basal curvature and bearing quadrate primary teeth 

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FIGURE 551.—Scoposcartula inspergata (Signoret) (, g, from specimen from Mato 
Grosso, Brazil; remainder from Maranhdo, Brazil; f showing base of anal 
tube; A from dorsal view): p, Basal portion of first valvulae from ventral view; 
q, sclerite of genital chamber from dorsal view. 
