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38. Cornuti fine, spiculate (fig. 169a) robiniella (Packard) (p. 92) 



Cornuti coarse, small thelmae, new species (p. 96) 



39. Posterior margin of anellus distinctly convex (fig. 167) 



fusciterminella, new species (p. 80) 

 Posterior margin of anellus not distinctly convex (fig. 175) 



antennariella, new species (p. 108) 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF AGONOPTERIX BASED ON FEMALE 

 GENITALIA 



1. Bursa copulatrix with signuin (figs. 241, 255, 270, etc.) 5 



Bursa copulatrix without siguum (figs. 229, 240, 272) 2 



2. Ductus bursae short, not much longer than bursa copulatrix 



(fig. 272) amyrisella (Busck) (p. 124) 



Ductus bursae much longer than bursa copulatrix 3 



3. Anterior edge of genital plate convex, entire; ostium large, 



round (fig. 240) hyperella Ely (p. 56) 



Anterior edge of genital plate produced (figs. 229, 259A) 4 



4. Produced margin of genital plate before ostium truncate; ostium 



round (fig. 229) diraorphella, new species (p. 97) 



Produced margin of genital plate before ostium strongly convex; 



ostium broadly oval (fig. 259a) thelmae, new species (p. 96) 



5. Signum minute, round; area posterior to ostium with two small 



sclerotized patches (fig. 259) robiniella (Packard) (p. 92) 



Signum a small to large toothed or scobinate plate (figs. 242, 245, 



250, 255, etc.) 6 



6. Ductus bursae with a large sclerotized patch adjacent to bursa 



copulatrix (fig. 248) fulva (Walsingham) (p. 53) 



Ductus bursae without sucli sclerotized area 7 



7. Anterior margin of genital plate cleft (figs. 230a, 249-253) 8 



Anterior margin of genital plate not cleft 13 



8. Lobe of ovipositor clothed with spines (fig. 230) clarkei Keifer (p. 66) 



Lobe of ovipositor not clothed with spines (figs. 249-253) 9 



9. Cleft narrow (figs. 251, 253) 10 



Cleft semicircular (figs. 249, 250, 252) 11 



10. Inception of ductus seminalis at the ostium (fig. 251) 



pteleae Barnes and Busck (p. 72) 

 Inception of ductus seminalis a short distance before the ostium 



(fig. 253) pulvipeiinella (Clemens) (p. 76) 



11. Anterior points of genital plate nearly touching (fig. 252). 



atrodorsella (Clemens) (p. 70) 

 Anterior points of genital plate widely separated (figs. 249, 250) 12 



12. Ostium occupying over half length of genital plate (fig. 249). 



eupatoriiella (Chambers) (p. 74) 

 Ostium occupying less than half length of genital plate (fig. 250). 



scabella (Zeller) (p. 72) 



13. Genital plate with pronounced anteromedian ventral evagina- 



tion (fig. 274) posticella (Walsingham) (p. 119) 



Genital plate without such evagination 14 



14. Anterior margin of genital plate produced (figs. 255, 261, 265, 



266, 269, 270, 273) 15 



Anterior margin of genital plate not produced 26 



15. Production of margin as wide or nearly as wide as genital plate is 



long (figs. 255, 265) 16 



Production of margin of genital plate narrower 17 



