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dd Not as above 



e Dorsum of each median abdomiual segment marked with spines 

 of several sizes; those in a transverse row near the anterior 

 and the posterior margins are most prominent 



32. nigricans n. sp. 

 ee The spines most conspicuous in two oblong patches beyond the 

 middle of each segment 

 / The teeth of the comb of the eighth segment projects caudad, 



pl.22, figs. 15 and 16 43a. Var. aofmodestus 



ff Teeth of the comb of the eighth segment project laterad. 

 Marlvings on the abdomen resembles pl.22, fig.15, but covers 

 more area on the anterior segments 48. dux n. sp. 



Weyenbergh (1874) gives a few notes on the larvae of several 



species, among others, C. nubeculosus, di versus, 



riparius, annularis, chloris, virescens, and 



tentans. Oftentans only is a description given. Doctor 



Dyar (1902) gives descriptions of larva and pupa of C. a u ony- 



m u s Will. (No. 55). This description is in part reproduced on 



a subsequent page. 



Imagines 



Most of Say's and Wiedemann's species have been recognized and have 

 been placed in the following key. Of Walker's species only one or two 

 have been recognized and for this reason a separate key is given upon a 

 subsequent page for them : 

 a Wings with spots or cross bands 



6 Dorsum of thorax polished black (humeri may be yellow) 

 c Humeral region of thorax tinged with yellow, wing with only a faint 



cloud 1. brachialis 



cc Thorax entirely black (var. of above?) 2. a t r i m a n u s 



&b Dorsum of thorax not polished black 

 G Wings with spots 



d Each wing witli about eleven spots ; brownish or greyish species ; 



3 mm. in length (New Mexico) 3. v a r i p e n n i s 



dd Wings not so marked 



(• Thorax pale yellow, wing with four spots ; length 1.2 mm. 



Cuban species 4. o c t o p u n c t a t u s 



ee Thorax brownish 



f Wing Avitli three dark spots ; thorax indistinctly striped ; abdo- 

 men dusky ; length 2 to 2.5 mm 5. scalaenus 



ff Wing with five or six spots, or bars ; abdomen of female with 

 whitish posterior margins to the segments ; length 2 mm. 



(St Vincent Island), 6. s p i 1 o p t e r u s 



cc Wings with cross bars 



d Brownish species ; abdomen of female black with white posterior 

 margins to the segments ; length 2 mm. (St Vincent Island) 



G. spilopterus 



