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16(15). Color pattern more or less an even blend of reddish-orange, 

 black and blue so that no one color dominates the others; 

 vertical black bar present and often "torso" shaped (fig. 

 364), but rarely like a "tailed torso" since the blue tends 

 to obscure the "tail"; distribution — ^west side of the Sierra 

 Nevada and parts of northern California (fig. 3). 



calijornicum recenseo, p. 148 

 Color pattern similar to that described above in areas adjoin- 

 ing recenseo' s distribution (fig. 365), but with more blue in 

 areas farther to the east and south; vertical black bar 

 present or absent (figs. 365-369 and 373-389) ; distribu- 

 tion — outside the area described above 17 



17(16). Color pattern consisting of black addorsal areas flanking the 

 blue-white middorsal line : bluish subdorsal, supraspiracular, 

 and subspiracular areas (figs. 366-369, 380, and 381); 

 never with a vertical black bar except toward the edges of 

 the distributional limits (fig. 367); setae SDl and SD2 

 black; distribution — Mohave Desert area of California, 

 Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and the southern part of the Great 

 Basin (fig. 2); specimens may be found farther south in 

 California and in Mexico, too. 



calif ornicum fragile, p. 164 



Color pattern variable, with or without a vertical black bar; 



setae SDl and SD2 black or white or yellowish; distribution 



outside the area given above 18 



18(17). Color pattern consisting of bluish subdorsal, supraspiracular, 

 and subspiracular areas: addorsal areas black, but often 

 containing some irregular orange lines next to the whitish 

 middorsal line which sometimes is prominent enough to 

 dominate most of the black; vertical black bar nearly always 

 present in southern populations (fig. 376), but less frequently 

 present toward the north (figs. 373-375); distribution — the 

 Canadian prairies and the western two-thirds of the Great 

 Plains in the United States (fig. 2). 



calif ornicum lutescens, p. 160 

 Color pattern variable, consisting of many diff"erent arrange- 

 ments of blue and black, sometimes with yellow or orange 

 which is most prominent in the addorsal area ; with or with- 

 out a vertical black bar (figs. 360-363,365,383-386,388, and 

 389) ; distribution — much of the Great Basin, Rocky Moun- 

 tains, northwestern California, eastern Washington and 

 Oregon, southern Idaho, and other areas not included in 

 the distribution of the other subspecies (fig. 2). 



calif ornicum, p. 123 



