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Var. rodora n. var. 

 Gypona meditabunda Gib. (not Spgb.) 



Uniformly pale reddish above and below, with the usual 

 spots on the disc of elytra. The nervures are reddish instead of 

 irregularly smoky as in pectoralis and scarlatina. There are 

 sometimes traces of scarlet spotting on vertex and pronotum. 



. Described from a pair from Washington, D. C. Others 

 are at hand from New Jersey. 



Var. puncticoUis Spangb. 

 Gypona qimdrinotata Spangb.; Gypona albosignata Uhl.; Gypona proscripta Fowl.; 

 Gypona hieroglyphica Fowl.; Gypona notula Fowl. 



Pale yellowish with reddish cast emphasized on the elytra. 

 A pair of round black spots back of ocelli on pronotum, a pair 

 near each lateral margin behind the eyes, the outer ones larger 

 and a pair on the elytral hinges. The usual spotting on disc 

 of elytra and the narrow line on posterior margin of pronotum. 

 Scarlet spotting often present. 



This form replaces pectoralis and scarlatina in the south and 

 southwest and occurs north to Kansas, Ontario and New York. 



Var. vinula Stal. 

 Gypona vinula var. ornata Fowl.; Gypona propior Fowl.; Gypona tergata Fowl. 



Pale greenish yellow with the spots and markings of puncti- 

 coUis and with more or less definite smoky or reddish stripe 

 extending from the scutellar margin down the suture to the 

 apex of the elytra. This is a southern form, extending from 

 Virginia and Florida to Vera Cruz, Mexico. It also resembles 

 and intergrades with pectoralis, but is usually smaller and like 

 the other southern forms inclined to a more inflated head. 



Var. citrina Spangb. 



Gypona pauperata Spgb. 



Almost uniform yellowish with a few black spots on the disc 

 of elytra and sometimes faint ones on pronotum. G. pauperata 

 was described from an example with scarlet spotting. 



This is a southern form, common in Florida and Texas and 

 extending up the Atlantic coast as far as Washington, D. C. 



Var. meditabunda Spgb. 



Gypona cacozela Gib.: Gypona occlusa Gib. 



Greenish or greenish yellow with the costal margin of elytra 

 creamy and the appendix smoky brown. The hinge has a 



