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\ + 3, 1, 4 + 5, 6.0 H. septemmaculata var. viadri Weise. 



J + 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, = = H. septemmaculata var. puyknlli Weise - H. tredecim- 

 punctata var. triloba Weise. 



& + 3, 1, 4, 5, 6, =c= H. septemmaculata var. oblonga Weise. 



i, 1, 2, 3, 4,5 + 6, =0= H. tredecimpunctata var. c. nigrum; rare; California and 



Nevada. 



4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 + 6, var. juncta Casey; taken in Sonoma County, California, and 1 

 specimen from Stony Lake, Michigan. 



i, 1, 2, 3, 4+ 6, 5, rare; Pacific States. 



i, -)- 3 + 1, 2, 4 -) 5 -j- 6, rare; Rocky Mountains. 



, 1,2, 3, 4 + 5, 6 z H. tredecimpunctata var. spissa Weise =:=#. septemmacu- 

 lata var. aestiba; common in Western States. 



J, 1, 4 + 5, (>, pseudoglacialis (new variety); New Mexico and northward. 



J + 3 + e, extensa Mulsant, Western States. 



i + 3 + e, 2, 4, 5, 6. 



+ 3 + e, 2, 4 + 5, 6. 



J + 3, e, 2, 4, 5, 6. 



FIG. 12 Variation of elytral pattern of the quindecimmaculata varieties. c = 

 mode; , from Lake Superior; /*, California; c, St. Louis. Missouri; </, luwa 

 city, Iowa; e, Southern Illinois; /, Kaiaiack Butte, Washing-ton: h, Keeler, 

 California; /.St. Louis, Missouri. 



Spots J + 3, e, e f , 2, 4, 5, 6. 



Spots + 3 + e + e', 4, 5, 6, lecontei Mulsant. 



Spots , 1, 2, 3 + q, 4, 5, 6, quindecimmaculata Mulsant (fig. 12) ; Central States. 



Spots 4., 1, 2, 3, q, 4, 5, 6; very rare; Central States. 



Spots J, 1, 2, 3 + q + q', 4, 5, 6, difficult to distinguish from 3 + q, but known to exist 

 from a few specimens with reduced pigment. 



Spots J, 1, 2, 3 + g, 4, 5, f>, quindecimmaculata A Mulsant; very rare; Central States. 



Spots \, 1, 2, 3 + q, 4 + 5, 6, quindecimmaculata D Mulsant; Missouri Valley; very rare. 



Spots J, 1, 2, J + 3 + q, 4, 5, 6, quindecimmaculata C Mulsant; Missouri Valley; very 

 rare. 



Spots \ + 3 + q, 4, 5; 1 specimen from Fairfield, Washington. 



Spots i, 1, 2 + q, 3, 4, 5, 6; very rare; 1 specimen from Kamiack Butte, Washington, 

 upon one side only. 



Spots , 1, 2 + q + 3 + \, 4, 5, 6; very rare; Missouri Valley. 



Spots \, 1 + q + 3, 2, 4 + 5, 6; 2 specimens from Keeler, California, and St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, respectively. 



With the comma-mark as in Neoharmonia venusta var. A. 



Spots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5=c= septemmaculata var. vorax Weise. Eastern as well as Western 

 States. 



Several spots lacking, convergens C Mulsant; Western States. 



Mark \ only, obsoleta Leconte; Pacific States and Western Mexico. Most numerous 

 in western Oregon outside the humid region. Extends in reduced numbers 

 through Arizona to the Great Plains, giving way to var. C Mulsant gradually. 



Spotless, with obsoleta; rare; = H. tredecimpunctata var. signata Paid. = ^= H. septem- 

 maculata var. r libra Weise. 



