CRYPTOCEPHALUS IN AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



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 76(75). 



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 83(82). 



Second and third elytral vittae distinct and each interrupted twice 

 (fig. 49) ; Texas simulans conjungens Schaeffer 



Elytral vittae absent, vague, or not as above 74 



Background color light orange to reddish orange, vittae rarely dis- 

 tinct, usually reduced and vague, sometimes absent (fig. 91); Cali- 

 fornia spurcus spurcus Leconte 



Background color of elytra creamy yellow to light orange, vittae 

 distinct, dark reddish to black; central states to California .... 75 



Legs predominantly brownish or black (fig. 98). 



confluentus melanoscelus, new subspecies 



Legs predominantly yellowish or reddish 70 



Pronotum predominantly to entirely dark orange to reddish, usually 

 with yellowish only in two basal spots and at lateral and apical 

 margins, with dark reddish to black lateral to each light basal spot 

 (fig. 16); central states to Canada to California (fig. 90.) 



confluentus confluentus Say 



Pronotum predominantly light orange, basally at each side and on 

 disk with vague reddish markings (fig. 89) ; Nevada. 



cerinus nevadensis White 



Anterior margin of prosternum with a stout spine or distinct V-shaped 

 lobe 78 



Anterior margin of prosternum simple, evenly arcuate, or with a 

 broadly rounded or slightly pointed lobe 80 



Elytron with inner of two vittae dark and distinct, outer vitta much 

 reduced, represented by one, two, or three spots; females (fig. 87). 



venustus ornatulus Clavareau 



Elytron with both vittae distinct and complete or both complete but 

 not distinct; males and females 79 



Elytral vittae quite distinct, black, rarely dark reddish (fig. 86) ; striae 

 finer, discal intervals flat; discal pronotal punctures round, separated 

 on an average by two or more times their diameters. 



venustus venustus F. 



Elytral vittae much less distinct, light to dark reddish, rarely partly 

 black (fig. 78); striae more distinct, discal intervals convex; discal 

 pronotal punctures separated on an average by about their diameters, 

 tending to become longitudinally elongate. 



obscletus obsoletus Germar 



Elytral epipleuron all or mostly black, lateral raised margin dark or 

 black; pronotum gibbous to strongly gibbous; Fig. 79. 



gibbicollis gibbicollis Haldeman 



Elytral epipleuron black in part, lateral raised margin yellow to orange; 

 pronotum normal to somewhat gibbous 81 



Averaging larger, length 5.4 to 6.7 mm.; Florida, Alabama, Georgia, 

 and Texas; females; Fig. 72 bispinus Suffrian 



Averaging smaller, length 4.0 to 5.7 mm.; various localities; males and 

 females '. 



Outer elytral vitta interrupted once, twice, or nearly absent, sometimes 



confluent with inner vitta (fig. 74) insertus Haldeman 



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Outer elytral vitta complete 



Occurring in Texas; males (fig. 72) bispinus Suffrian 



Occurring in eastern U.S.; males and females (fig. 73) . calidus Suffrian 



