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Apical spot of each elytron relatively narrowly separated from basal spot, as 



in figure 2, or partially fused with it, well separated from sutural margin ; 



color pattern of elytra a yellow cross on a black background (Cuba). 



Tetraonyx cruciata Castelnau 

 Apical spot of each elytron broadly separated from basal spot, attaining 



sutural margin or nearly so; color pattern of elytra a w'de median yellow 



fascia on a black background 4 



Apical spot of each elytron exceeding middle; each elytron one-fifth as wide 



as long (southeastern Cuba) Tetraonyx maestra, new species 



Apical spot of each elytron not exceeding middle ; each elytron one-fourth as 



wide as long (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles). 



Tetraonyx quadrimaculata (Fabricius) 

 Galeae produced as slender, contiguous sucking processes that are longer than 



the head ^ 



Galeae not extending much beyond mandibles, not longer than labial palpi, 



not contiguous 7 



Galeae and antennal segment I yellow; vertex tumid; hind tibial spurs slender, 



acute; elytra finely punctate . . . . Nemognatha punctulata LeConte 

 Galeae and antennal segment I dark; vertex not tumid; hind tibial spurs 



greatly thickened, spoon shaped, obtuse; elytra coarsely punctate (Cuba). 



Nemognatha occiipata (Black welder) 

 Eyes small, lateral, not approaching each other beneath head; head strongly 



triangular; pronotum transverse; orange beetles with four black fasciae on 



each elytron Cissites maculata (Swederus) 



Eyes large, approximate beneath head; other characters not as above. . . 8 

 Male fore and middle tarsi swollen and expanded; male and female sixth 



abdominal sterna as in figures 6 and 7, respectively. 



Pseudozonitis niarginata (Fabricius) 

 Male fore and middle tarsi not modified, similar in size to hind tarsi; male 



and female sixth abdominal sterna as in figures 9 and 10, respectively. 



Pseudozonitis obscuricornis (Chevrolat) 



Family Meloidae 



Subfamily Meloinae 



Tribe Meloini 



Genus Meloe Linnaeus 



This interesting and distinctive genus is primarily Holarctic in distri- 

 bution and is more richly developed in the Old World than in the Nev/ 

 World. There are 19 species in the New World fauna, all limited to 

 the North American continent. Only four of these have been recorded 

 south of the United States, and only two (M. laevis Leach and M. 

 tropicus Motschulsky) are known to occur as far south as Central 

 America. West Indian fauna includes only a single species. 



The principal taxonomic works on the New World species of Meloe 

 are those of Champion (1891-1893) and Van Dyke (1928). 



