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9. Flagellum black; fascia on sixth tergite wanting or reduced to widely separated 



lateral spots; genital stipes as in fig. 118 quadrifasciata. 



9. Flagellum not wholly black; fascia on sixth tergite always developed and scarcely 



more widely separated than the other fasciae ; genital stipes otherwise formed . . 10 . 



10. Scape, first two joints of flagellum and legs ferrginous; genital stipes as in fig. 127. 



insidiatrix. 



10. Scape and first two joints of flagellum not entirely ferruginous; genital stipes 



otherwise; legs black and yellow or black and ferruginous 11. 



11. Legs black and ferruginous; markings deep yellow, frequently with dashes of 



ferruginous capnoptera. 



11. Legs black and yellow; markings pale or creamy yellow, with no trace of ferru- 

 ginous mesillensis . 



Females. 



1. Posterior coxa with tooth on inner distal margin 2. 



1. Posterior coxa without tooth 3. 



2. Fasciae on tergites narrow; ultimate tergite black fodiens. 



2. Fasciae on tergites broad ; ultimate tergite yellow burmeisteri. 



3. Pygidial area on ultimate tergite bordered with distinct lateral ridges 4. 



3. Pygidial area and lateral ridges on ultimate tergite lacking 5. 



4. Mesopleurae black; scutum without discal marks; fasciae on tergites interrupted. 



medially and the more posterior ones narrowed laterally capnoptera. 



4. Mesopleurae yellow or bearing more or less conspicuous yellow markings; scutum 



with a pair of discal marks; fasciae on tergites usually continuous, not narrowed 

 laterally annulata. 



5. Mesopleurae black 6. 



5. Mesopleurae marked with yellow more or less 7. 



6. Flagellum for the most part, legs and apex of ultimate tergite ferruginous; fascia 



on first tergite broad and best developed insidiatrix. 



6. Flagellum black; legs black and yellow or black and ferruginous; apex of ulti- 



mate tergite black; fascia on first tergite narrow and least well developed. 



ventralis. 



7. Ultimate tergite black; largest of the species 8. 



7. Ultimate tergite with lateral maculations; size similar to ventralis 9. 



8. Anterior wings with clouded area in region of first cubital cell; discal spots on 



scutum large and tinged with rufous viduata. 



8. Anterior wings not clouded; discal spots on scutum absent or present in the form 



of narrow yellow lines quadrifasciata. 



9. Fasciae on all or at least on the fifth tergite continuous; fifth sternite almost 



entirely yellow parata. 



9. Fasciae on all tergites interrupted; fifth sternite with a pair of scarcely connected 

 lateral spots mesillensis. 



BICYRTES FODIENS Handlirsch. 



Figs. Ill, 112, 134, 135. 



Bembidula fodiens Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math. -Nat. CI., 

 vol. 98, 1889 p. 497, pi. 2, fig. 14, male, female. 



Male. — Black: Scape below, first and second joints of flagellum 

 below, basal half of clypeus, abbreviated anterior and very narrow 

 posterior orbits, posterior margin of pronotum including tubercles, 

 tegulae, posterior lateral borders of scutum, pair of spots on scutellum, 

 transverse fascia on metanotum, lateral angles of median segment, 



