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the apex of the elytra, llie irregular apical nervures are partly 

 light marked. The vertex and pronotum of the female are slightly 

 lighter than the elytra. 



Described from a pair from North Park, Colorado, collected by 

 the writer. 



Pliilaruiiia biliiicata var. orhicitlala u. var. 



Resembling bilineata var. nigricans, but with the apical third of 

 the elytra abruptly white except for the narrow apical margin which 

 curves around and divides the light area into two oval spots. The 

 narrow median line is definitely white on the scutellum. 



Described from two examples from Rhinelander and Trout lake, 

 Wisconsin, collected by the writer. Other examples are at hand 

 from Ontario, Colorado and Wyoming. 



P hilar onia abjecta var. provana n. var. 



Resembling typical abjecta in size and form, but with markings 

 similar to var. ustulatus of Philancus Icncophthalmns. Dorsal sur- 

 face pale tawny brown, darker in the males, a transverse, slightly 

 irregularly oblique white band from just back of the apex of clavus 

 to the costa, where it is definitely widened. The apical fourth of 

 the elytra, extending forward to the apex of clavus and obliquely 

 outward to the costa, subhyaline. These two light areas bound an 

 irregularly triangular, darker "saddle," which is still darker along 

 the margins. 



Described from two pairs from Provo, Utah, collected by the 

 writer from leaves of a HcliantJius of the grosseserratus type. 



Clastoptcra obfusa var. pallida n. var. 



Resembling typical obtnsa, but with the ground color and all 

 markings very pale and obscure. General color pale straw with 

 most of the pattern in pale tawny. 



Described from four examples collected by the writer at Ames, 

 Iowa. 



Clastoptcra obfusa var. borealis n. var. 



Resembling typical obtnsa in size and pattern, but much darker. 

 Ground color dark smoky brown with the vertex, anterior half of 

 the pronotum, except for a narrow tranverse band, and the oblique 

 saddle definitely set off in light creamy or white in sharp contrast. 



Described from two examples from Nova Scotia from Dr. Brit- 

 tain, one from Osceola, Wisconsin, collected by the writer, and one 



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