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6, Anterior margin of pronotum with vermiculate dark marks ; lines 



on the vertex obviously interrupted or dotted ; hind edge of 

 vertex with a short oblique brown line behind each ocellus ; be- 

 neath black or fuscous; face black in both sexes; last ventral 

 segment of female nearly truncated, slightly produced at the 



middle ; length 6 mm. ; Georgia bradleyi n. sp. 



Anterior margin of pronotum without vermiculate marks ; oblique line 

 wanting on hind margin of the vertex 7 



7, Vertex equal in length to the pronotum ; male black beneath ; last 



ventral segment of female obviously bisinuated, the median tooth 

 longer than the lateral angles ; length 6 mm. ; United States, 



minor Walk. 



Vertex one-half longer than the pronotum; males rarely deep black 

 beneath, at least on the face 8 



8, Larger ; markings on vertex more obsolete, often scarcely indicated ; 



elytral venation pale, the pronotum without pale longitudinal 

 lines ; last ventral segment of the female more produced, the 

 lateral angles obvious; length 9-10 mm.; U. S. and Canada to 



Rocky Mts angulifcra Walk. 



Smaller, markings on vertex distinct; elytral venation more or less 

 bluish; pronotum with three bluish longitudinal lines; last ven- 

 tral segment of the female more truncated; length 7 mm.; 

 United States mollipcs Say. 



9, Anterior margin of pronotum with vermiculate dark marks ; vertex 



subacute before ; scutellum with three points and a line black ; 

 colors dull; last ventral segment of the female truncated, a 

 little roundedly produced at the middle ; length 7 mm. ; Georgia, 



inscripta n. sp. 

 Anterior margin of pronotum without vermiculate marks 10 



10, Male : head subacute, angle of the vertex distinctly less than a 



right-angle ; markings of vertex heavy, including a sagittate 

 mark before the apex and an annulus next the eye ; form nar- 

 rower ; plates produced in long acute upturned points ; length 



7 mm. ; Colorado to Canada manitobiana Ball. 



Head more obtuse, apex of the vertex about a right-angle in the male, 

 scarcely less in the female ; markings of vertex lighter, with an 

 incomplete annulus next the eye and no sagittate mark before 



the apex ; form broader 1 1 



n, Black marks at apex of the vertex narrower, linear and parallel 

 in the female, broader and more diffuse in the male but not 

 transverse or divergent behind ; sides of the pronotum without 

 a black line behind the eye ; male antennae long, thickened to 

 near its tip; male plates with abrupt, slender and divergent tips; 

 length 7-8 mm.; Washington and Oregon . . . . crassicornis n. sp. 



