288 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMi' OF [JllIlC, 



seven males and sixteen females, which show that it is quite closely 

 related to C. degans. A series of twenty-one New Jersey specimens 

 of the latter species has been used for comparison and the differential 

 characters are here treated separately. 



Size. — This was the first character given in the diagnosis of pulcher, 

 and the series in hand shows that pulcher is almost invariably larger 

 than elegans, one male and one female alone being as small as the 

 largest representatives of their respective sexes in the elegans series. 

 The majority are as large, in general size, as the measurements of the 

 types of pulcher. 



Tegmina. — In none of the specimens examined are the tegmina 

 quite as long as in the types of pulcher, and in the majority, particularly 

 the east coast specimens, they are decidedly shorter, often no longer 

 proportionately than in elegans. 



Fastigium. — In the series of pulcher here studied the angle of the 

 fastigium is less acute than in elegans. Some variation exists in the 

 exact form of the angle, i.e., the divergence of the margins; but as a 

 whole, and in the vast majority of individuals, the fastigium is broader 

 and less acute in both sexes. 



Frontal casta. — In both sexes of pulcher the sulcation of the frontal 

 costa is less pronounced and more rounded than in elegans, some of the 

 Cedar Keys specimens having the sulcation very greatly reduced. 



Color. — From a type similar to that found in C. elegans all the forms 

 mentioned in the original description are contained in the series, in ad- 

 dition to which patterns there are several which suggest species of 

 Orphulella in the way the dorsum is washed with rose purple. . 



To summarize, it appears that Clinocephalus pulcher is a southern 

 representative of C. elegans, reaching its maximum of differentiation 

 in southern Florida (Miami), where, as far as present material goes, it is 

 a long-winged, or for the genus a long-winged, form. The specimens 

 here referred are, on this account, not fully typical, but they are nearer 

 to pulcher than to the small northern elegans. Gulf coast (Cedar Keys) 

 specimens are as a rule nearer to typical pulcher than east coast (Pablo 

 Beach and San Pablo) specimens, while interior specimens (Gainesville) 

 are rather curious in that the males are similar to Cedar Keys males 

 and the single available female is like east coast specimens. 



That elegans and pulcher should be considered distinct appears to be 

 the best way to handle the evidence the specimens give, the form of 

 the fastigium and the depth of the sulcation of the frontal costa being 

 "degree of difference" characters fully worthy of consideration, while 

 the greater size of pulcher, and the complex coloration which it very 



