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13. Outer branch of harpe long, curved, long enough to reach to tip of harpes 



stigmatosoma Dyar, mollis Dyar & Knab, vindicator Dyar & Knab, 



secutor Theobald, erythrothorax Dyar, elocutilis Dyar & Knab, reve- 



lator Dyar & Knab, salinarius Coquillett, comitatus Dyar & Knab. 



Outer branch of harpe short, not long enough to reach to tip of harpe 14 



14. Outer branch of harpe distinct, curved 15 



Outer branch of harpe rudimentary 18 



15. Second branch of harpagone long, far exceeding tip of harpe 



quinquefasciatus Say (p. 354) 

 Second branch of harpagone not long 16 



16. Middle branch of harpagone dentate 17 



Middle branch of harpagone lanceolate jubilator Dyar & Knab (p. 273) 



17. (These species can best be identified by comparison of our figures) dictator 



Dyar & Knab, proclamator Dyar & Knab, interrogator Dyar & Knab, re- 

 flector Dyar & Knab. 



18. (These species can best be identified by comparison of our figures) pipiens 



Linnaeus, restuans Theobald, declarator Dyar & Knab. 



19. No basal lobe to side-pieces; plates of harpagones very large 



coronator Dyar & Knab (p. 288) 

 Side-piece with a setose basal lobe; plates of harpagones moderate 



duplicator Dyar & Knab (p. 236) 



20. Lateral prominence of the side-piece irregular, divided or scattered or basally 



situated 21 



Lateral prominence of the side-piece divided into two, usually subquadrate 



portions 27 



Lateral prominence of the side-piece divided into two slender portions, the 



lower one again forked 34 



21. Outer portion of lateral prominence reduced to a setose lobe, or absent leav- 



ing a basally situated part 22 



Lateral prominence diffused along the lobe with an irregular series of pro- 

 jections and setae 25 



22. Outer portion of lateral prominence absent 23 



Outer portion of lateral prominence present as setose lobe 24 



23. Comb-process of harpes small ocellatus Theobald (p. 447) 



Comb-process of harpes large rejector Dyar & Knab (p. 442) 



24. Clasp-filament long, nearly as long as side-piece 



dau-mastocampa Dyar & Knab (p. 436) 

 Clasp-filament short, less than half the length of the side-piece 



imitator Theobald (p. 434) 



25. Inner arm of harpe setose inimitabilis Dyar & Knab (p. 450) 



Inner arm of harpe toothed 26 



26. A low outer portion of side-piece bearing a leaf-like appendage 



agitator Dyar & Knab (p. 385) 

 A subquadrate outer portion bearing two truncate-capitate appendages 



latisquama Coquillett (p. 304) 

 A divided central portion bearing rods and setae. . bisulcatus Coquillett (p. 307) 



27. Side-piece with a large setose basal lobe. . . . conservator Dyar & Knab (p. 309) 

 Side-piece without this structure 28 



28. Outer part of lobe of side-piece with a leaf-like appendage 29 



Outer part of lobe of side-piece without a leaf-like appendage 32 



29. Inner arm of harpe broad, crested with spines 30 



Inner arm of harpe slender, bearing a comb. 31 



30. Harpe with a long basal curved outer limb. . . extricator Dyar & Knab (p. 326) 

 _, .,, , ... . , Catratus Theobald (p. 389) 

 Harpe without this structure [falsificator Dyar & Knab (p. 426) 



31. Outer part of lobe of side-piece beyond the middle 



hastagarius Dyar & Knab (p. 425) 

 Outer part of lobe of side-piece at middle. . . . consolator Dyar & Knab (p. 440) 



32. Outer part of lobe of side-piece beyond middle 33 



Outer part of lobe of side-piece at middle pleuristriatus Theobald (p. 438) 



33. The divisions of the lobe of side-piece approximate short 



resiHcf or Dyar & Knab (p. 333) 

 Inner part of lobe of side-piece long, remote from the outer 



jenningsi Dyar & Knab (p. 445) 



34. Side-piece swollen, subspherical 35 



Side-piece normal 37 



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