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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  4. 
  Sixth 
  tergite 
  lacking 
  a 
  large 
  median 
  tubercle, 
  though 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  ter- 
  

  

  gites 
  may 
  be 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  elevated 
  at 
  middle 
  of 
  hind 
  margin 
  5 
  

  

  Sixth 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  prominent, 
  median, 
  falcate 
  tubercle 
  on 
  its 
  hind 
  margin. 
  

  

  bethei 
  (Dohrn) 
  (p. 
  112). 
  

  

  5. 
  Fifth 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  divergent, 
  long 
  conical 
  horns, 
  each 
  nearly 
  equal 
  

  

  in 
  length 
  to 
  width 
  of 
  tergite 
  (fig. 
  208) 
  mirabilis, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  124). 
  

  

  Fifth 
  tergite 
  without 
  such 
  horns 
  6 
  

  

  (i. 
  Elevations 
  of 
  fifth 
  tergite 
  distinctly 
  inside 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  disk. 
  

  

  approximata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  117). 
  

  

  Elevations 
  of 
  fifth 
  tergite 
  on 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  disk, 
  the 
  margins 
  passing 
  

  

  over 
  them 
  as 
  carinae 
  . 
  7 
  

  

  7. 
  Pronotum 
  not 
  noticeably 
  granulose 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  pairs 
  of 
  

  

  large 
  pale 
  pilose 
  spots 
  on 
  dorsum 
  and 
  venter__signata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  120). 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  distinctly 
  granulose 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  not 
  or 
  very 
  inconspicuously 
  

  

  spotted 
  8 
  

  

  8. 
  Eighth 
  tergite 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide 
  10 
  

  

  Eighth 
  tergite 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  wide 
  9 
  

  

  9. 
  Posterior 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  produced 
  no 
  farther 
  posteriorly 
  

  

  than 
  median 
  convexity 
  of 
  hind 
  margin 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tuberculate. 
  

  

  globulata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  118). 
  

   Posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  produced 
  distinctly 
  beyond 
  middle 
  of 
  

   hind 
  margin, 
  which 
  is 
  merely 
  convex, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  tuberculate. 
  

  

  subglobulata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  121). 
  

  

  10. 
  Posterior 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  produced 
  distinctly 
  beyond 
  middle 
  

  

  of 
  hind 
  margin 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  tuberculate 
  gladiator, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  115). 
  

  

  Posterior 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  sixth 
  tergite 
  produced 
  no 
  farther 
  than 
  median 
  

   convexity 
  of 
  hind 
  margin 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  tuberculate 
  11 
  

  

  11. 
  Seventh 
  sternite 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  on 
  median 
  line 
  as 
  sixth, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

  

  convex 
  process 
  apically 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  medianly. 
  

  

  perigynium, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  120). 
  

   Seventh 
  sternite 
  only 
  a 
  third 
  longer 
  than 
  sixth; 
  somewhat 
  angulate 
  apically. 
  

  

  recondita, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  119). 
  

  

  12. 
  Seventh 
  tergite 
  with 
  the 
  posterior 
  angles 
  produced 
  as 
  divergent, 
  acute 
  proc- 
  

  

  esses; 
  other 
  tergites 
  ornamented 
  on 
  their 
  hind 
  margins 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  spots 
  

  

  of 
  golden 
  pubescence; 
  abdomen 
  boat-shaped 
  assa-nutrix 
  Bergroth 
  (p. 
  114). 
  

  

  Posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  seventh 
  tergite 
  not 
  so 
  produced 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  clavate, 
  not 
  

   so 
  ornamented 
  13 
  

  

  13. 
  Tergite 
  7 
  about 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  median 
  tubercle 
  posteriorly; 
  

  

  sternite 
  7 
  merely 
  convex 
  medianly, 
  but 
  little 
  produced. 
  

  

  filiventris 
  Spinola 
  (p. 
  123). 
  

   Tergite 
  7 
  not 
  tuberculate 
  ; 
  sternite 
  7 
  much 
  produced 
  and 
  acute 
  poste- 
  

   riorly 
  14 
  

  

  14. 
  Tergite 
  7 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  middle 
  of 
  hind 
  margin 
  conspicuously 
  

  

  declivate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  prominent, 
  acute 
  ; 
  sternites 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  as 
  in 
  

  

  figure 
  191 
  stipitata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  116). 
  

  

  Tergite 
  7 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  hind 
  margin 
  not 
  declivate 
  medianly, 
  almost 
  

   straight 
  across, 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  and 
  median 
  point 
  only 
  very 
  slightly 
  em- 
  

   phasized 
  ; 
  stemites 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  192.._siniilata, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  116). 
  

  

  15. 
  Fifth 
  tergite 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  its 
  width 
  at 
  hind 
  margin; 
  abdomen 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  bulbous 
  swelling 
  beyond 
  middle 
  pendula, 
  new 
  species 
  (p. 
  116). 
  

  

  Fifth 
  tergite 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  width 
  at 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   tapered 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  apex, 
  or 
  slightly 
  clubbed 
  apically 
  16 
  

  

  