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STICTIELLA FORMOSA (Cresson) 



Figure 32 



Monedula formosa Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, 1872, p. 221. 

 Monedula speciosa Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math. -Nat. CI., 



vol. 99, 1890, p. 140. 

 Stictiella formosa Parkek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 27. 



The males of this species can be readily distinguished by the char- 

 acter of the apical segment of the anterior tarsus. This is black, 

 greatly dilated and flattened, its claws are greatly modified and, 

 strange to say, the two claws are not alike. The claws on the middle 

 and posterior tarsi are of normal form. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Oklahoma: Bennington (August 28, 1907, F. C. Bishopp). 



Texas: Paris (August 11, 1904, C. R. Jones) ; Sabinal (June 13, 1910, F. C. 

 Pratt). 



This species has also been reported from Kansas. It has also been 

 reported from Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, by C. L. Fox. 



STICTIELLA MELANOSTERNA Parker 



Stictiella tnelanosterna Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 30. 



The type and allotype of this species (in United States National 

 Museum) were taken at Las Cruces, N. Mex. It has been reported 

 also from Arizona and Utah. 



STICTIELLA PLANA (Fox) 



Monedula plana Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, p. 367. 

 Monedula usitata Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, p. 371. 

 Siictiella plana Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 32. 



This sj)ecies is not represented in the collection of the United 

 States National Museum. In his description of his species usitata 

 Fox associated as sexes of one species male and female that in my 

 judgment belong to different species. The evidence on which I based 

 my conclusions was presented in my previous paper. The male of 

 Fox's usitata I regard as the male of Handlirsch's pulla and the 

 females of usitata 1 have associated with the male of Fox's plana as 

 sexes of the same species. 



STICTIELLA SERRATA (Handlirsch) 



Monedula scrrata Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien. Math.-Nat. CI., 



vol. 99, 1890, p. 143.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8. 1891, p. 499. 

 Siictiella serrata Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 31. 



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SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Florida : Biscayne Bay. 

 Georgia : Tipton ( May 18, 1896 ) . 



