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156 Journal of the Mitchell Society [May 



SUBFAMILY ISSIN^ 



68. Fore Avings sliort, usually shorter than the abdomen and not covering the 



lateral margins 37 69 



Fore wings longer than the abdomen, broader, covering the lateral margins 

 62 90 



69. Fore and middle tibia expanded 531 Genus Fitchiella Van Duzee 71 



Fore and middle tibia not expanded 70 



70. Clypeal suture not evident, head triangularly produced, face more or less 



horizontal 216 Genus Bruchomorpha Newman 73 



Clypeal suture evident, head not triangularly produced, face vertical 236 



Genus Aphelonema Uhler 84 



FITCHIELLA 



71. Nasal process expanded apically, knob like 207 .. Fitchiella roiertsoni Fitch 

 Nasal process not expanded apically 210 72 



72. Nasal process viewed dorsally, obtuse 209 F. fitchi Melichar 



Nasal process viewed dorsally, acute 210 F. melichari Ball 



BRUCHOMORPHA 



73. Body and wings black, often with a pale dorsal vitta 51 74 



Body and wings mostly pale 57 81 



74. Body and wings black without pale median vitta; legs uniformly black 75 

 Body with a pale median vitta; legs in part at least pale 76 



75. Size large, robust; the lateral carinae of the mesonotum strongly elevated 



BrucJiomorplia tristis Stal 

 Size small, slender; the lateral carinaj of the mesonotum faint 



B. minima Metcalf 



76. Nasal process protuberent, concave ventrally 218 77 



Nasal process not protuberent, not concave ventrally 221 79 



77. Dorsal vitta evident extending from the apex of the head to the apex of the 



abdomen 51 B. dorsata Fitch 



Dorsal vitta only faintly indicated on the head 78 



78. Nasal process viewed from above centrally compressed; lateral carinas 



sinuate 215 J5. oculata Newman 



Nasal process not compressed; lateral carinae not sinuate 217 



B. nasuta Stal 



79. Nasal process upturned at the apex; dorsal vitta broad, extending to the 



apex of the brachypterous wings 219 B. suturalis Melichar 



Nasal process not upturned at the apex 221 80 



80. Dorsal vitta evident, extending to the apex of the mesouotuin 55 



B. vittata Metcalf 

 Dorsal vitta not extending to apex of mesouotuin B. paUidipcs Stal 



81. Wings strongly rugose 56 82 



Wings not strongly rugose 83 



