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elytral carinae, by the very unequally spaced and more entire 

 pronotal fasciae and other features, aside from its pale coloration. 

 Of char a Say, there are several well defined subspecies, as shown 

 in the following tabular statement; the prothorax is densely clothed 

 with pale pubescence, crossed by three black fasciae, always ab- 

 breviated at the sides, and the elytra differ from any other type of 

 Cyllene in having the dense pale pubescence in large solid masses 

 basally, with irregular fasciae posteriorly: 



Elytra with the apical truncature broad, only slightly oblique 2 



Elytra with the apical truncature much narrower, very strongly oblique, 

 the angle however but slightly more dentiform 5 



2 Elytral vestiture yellow, the basal dense area occupying a little less 

 than basal third 3 



Elytral vestiture pale red-brown, the basal solid area extending beyond 

 the middle 4 



3 Larger, the elytra very much wider than the prothorax; pubescence 

 somewhat tawny-yellow, the two apical fasciae fine, well separated. 

 Length (9 ) 21.5 mm.; width 7.3 mm. Indiana chara Say 



Smaller and narrower, the elytra very much less considerably exceeding 

 the prothorax in width, the latter more parallel, rounded, less nar- 

 rowed from base to apex; pubescence bright sulphur-yellow in color, 

 the basal solid area more liable to intrusion of a subbasal black 

 fascia, the two apical fasciae broader, frequently forming an apical 

 ring. Length (d 71 , 9 ) 18.0-19.0 mm.; width 5.8-6.0 mm. Kansas. 



kansana n. subsp. 



4 Body still narrower, more parallel and less convex than in the two 

 preceding, the two apical fasciae as in chara, though likewise filled 

 solidly occasionally; prothorax less developed, much narrower than 

 the elytra; antenna? decidedly more slender. Length (cf, 9 ) 17.0- 

 19.0 mm.; width 5.4-6.2 mm. Iowa solida n. subsp. 



5 Body more abbreviated, the feebly converging sides of the elytra more 

 arcuate; antennae (cf) more slender than in chara and kansana, 

 nearly as in solida; prothorax moderate, very convex, much narrower 

 than the elytra, the solid area of pubescence as in chara; legs less 

 closely pubescent. Length (c?) 17.0 mm.; width 5.7 mm. Texas. 



genitiva n. subsp. 



Lutosa Lee., is certainly a species distinct from any of the above; 

 it is black, densely clothed throughout with short ochreous pubes- 

 cence, the prothorax rounded, not at all shorter than wide, the 

 elytral apices, legs and antennae of normal form; it is 11.5 mm. in 

 length and occurs in Kansas, near the Rocky Mountains. 



The word Cyllene is feminine and not masculine, as inadvertently 

 employed by American authors. The form chara, for the Greek 

 name of Say's species, seems also to be more correct than charus as 

 originally published. 



