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A. Crossband 1 dusky. 



B. Crossband 2 dusky, margined posteriorly with red. var. trifasciata. 

 BB. Crossband 2 obsolete. 



C. Crossband 1 prominent, 3 faint, var. balteata n. var. 

 CC. Crossband 1 obsolete, 3 faint, var. albata n. var. 

 AA. Crossband 1 chiefly red, 2 orange to red, and 3 faint, var. anlhisma 

 n. var. 



Hymetta trifasciata var. trifasciata Say. 



This variety is that in which the crossbands are most distinct, especially 

 2, and the interrupted dusky band bordered posteriorly with reddish. In 

 addition to the common characters previously mentioned this variety 

 usually has an irregular parenthesis, two dots, and a short median posterior 

 streak on vertex, markings near the anterior angles and on median line, 

 especially behind, of pronotum, reddish. 



Hymetta trifasciata var. balteata, new variety. 



This variety seems to be more common than the last ; besides crossband 



2 being obsolete, the red markings on head and thorax usually are lacking, 

 these parts of body being ivory color often shading into reddish brown an- 

 teriorly. 



Type, a female from Plummers Island, Md., December 4, 1913, W. L. 

 McAtee. (Writer's collection.) 



Other specimens examined are from Virginia, District of Columbia, 

 Kansas and Texas. 



Hymetta trifasciata var. albata, new variety. 



This variety almost entirely lacks the red markings, has crossband 1 

 represented only by a dusky shade, 2 by a short dark line near costa, and 



3 faint. 



Type, a female from Plummers Id., Md., September 13, 1914, W. L. 

 McAtee. (Writer's collection.) 



Paratype, a female from Church's Id., N. C, October 15, 1918, W. L. 

 McAtee. 



Hymetta trifasciata var. anthisma, new variety. 



The most richly colored variety ; the tegminal maculae scarlet ; crossband 

 1 dull crimson darker edged ; and crossband 2 varying from orange to scar- 

 let. The markings on head and thorax which are red in the typical variety 

 are pale yellow or wanting in this variety; one specimen has a median 

 orange vitta abbreviated in front, on pronotum. 



Type, a female from Dallas, Texas, September 12, 1907, on grape (U. S. 

 N. M.). 



Paratype, a female from Odenton, Md., August 14, 1918, on hickory, 

 W. L. McAtee. 



