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Neoclytus strictulus n. subsp. General characters and ornamentation 

 precisely as in In sens but narrower and more cylindric, the prothorax 

 without trace of the two large nubilously red areas of that species and 

 having the sculpture more uniform, the very short transverse carinules 

 of the tumid median line less evident; antennae slightly more slender. 

 Length (9) 9.0 mm.; width 2.6 mm. A single example, rather smaller 

 than any example of typical luscus at hand, found unlabeled in the 

 Levette collection. 



Distinguishable from luscus principally by the narrower form 

 and thoracic coloration. 



The following is a subspecies of conjunctus, the latter occurring 

 in the middle coast regions: 



Neoclytus occiduus n. subsp. Similar to conjunctus but narrower, the 

 elytra much less tapering from base to apex, the elytral ornamentation 

 precisely similar; antennae (cf) a little shorter, much more slender, 

 especially the basal joint which is only about two-thirds as thick; pro- 

 thorax less evenly rounded at the sides, more swollen just behind the 

 middle, more evenly pubescent, with the sublateral ridge almost obsolete; 

 legs shorter and more slender, the hind thighs (a 71 ) not quite extending to 

 the elytral tips. Length (cf, 9) 9.0-12.0 mm.; width 2.4-3.1 mm. 

 Labeled simply " California" in the Levette collection. 



The four examples seem to indicate a moderately definite sub- 

 sidiary form. The following is apparently a species distinct from 



conjunctus: 



Neoclytus tularensis n. sp. Similar to conjunctus but a little narrower, 

 more convex and more elongate, the elytral maculation similar but 

 broader and with the submedian lines diverging from the suture 

 filled solidly with white pubescence, having its anterior margin trans- 

 verse across the suture; antennae (cf ) similar but a little shorter; pro- 

 thorax more transverse, more strongly rounded at the sides and more 

 arcuate at apex, the brown hairs in the large concavity at each side of 

 the sublateral ridge not dense but long, coarser and much sparser; scutel- 

 lum similarly nearly nude; elytra distinctly tapering, barely as wide as 

 the prothorax, each narrowly rounded at tip; legs similar, the hind 

 femora extending a little behind the elytra; abdomen evenly banded. 

 Length (cf ) 12. 8 mm.; width 3.4 mm. California (Kaweah), Hopping. 



In the male of conjunctus the dense pubescence seems to obliter- 

 ate completely the first abdominal suture, but in tularensis all the 

 sutures are distinctly indicated by the arrangement of the four 

 broad pubescent bands. 



Clytanthus Thorns. 



In the European fauna this is the largest genus of the Clytini, 

 but in America it is very poorly developed, only two species being 



T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. Ill, March 1912. 



