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2. General color uniformly black or brown, the elytra of both sexes without distinct 



maculation but the tip darker than the rest; posterior femora uniform in color 



except for a subbasal annulus nigrum Thomas. (=fuscum Brunner.) 



General color of the male as above but the elytra no darker apically than else- 

 where, or with indication of discal maculation, of the female brown or yellowish, 

 the elytra with distinct maculation 3. 



3. Male with the posterior femora uniform in coloration, or with a more or less distinct 



subapical annulus; female with the elytra brown with a yellow stripe near each 

 margin and with a few small yellow spots in the discal field. 



nubilum Say. {=Jlavofasciatum Thomas.) 



Males with the posterior femora twice banded across the outer face besides the 



subapical annulus; female with the elytra yellowish or brown, no distinct yellow 



stripe as above and with three or four larger roundish black spots in the discal 



field, more distinct in individuals with yellowish elytra. 



nubilum, var. maculata, new variety. 



4. General color testaceous varied with orange, fuscus and black; hind femora con- 



spiculously banded -. auriventris McNeill. 



General color brownish varied with black above, lighter beneath; hind femora 

 obscurely banded miriventris, var. savannarum Brunner. 



BOOPEDON NUBILUM, var. MACULATA, new variety. 



The distinctly banded posterior femora of the male and the dis- 

 tinctive maculation of the elytra of the female will serve for the ready 

 separation of this variety from its alhes. The hind tibiae and the 

 ventral surface of the abdomen of the selected type and several of the 

 paratypes are reddish, but in others the tibiae are brownish and abdo- 

 men yel]o^vish. In all specimens the hind tibiae are broadly banded 

 with yellowish toward the base. The size is rather large and there 

 seems to be no very great variation to judge from the material before 

 me. The measurements of the selected male type and female allo- 

 type are as follows: 



Length; pronotum, male, 5.5 mm.; female, 8; elytra, male, 19, 

 female, 11.5; hind femora, male, 19, female, 23.5. 



Type. — Male, Victoria, Texas, June. A. N. Caudell, collector. 

 Allotype, same data. Paratypes, one female and 4 males, same data 

 as type and allotype; eight males, Texas, Belfrage coll.; one adult 

 and two immature males, San Antonio, Texas; one male, Colum- 

 bus, Texas; one male, no locality. 



Type and allotype. — In United States National Museum. Cat. 

 No. 18484, U.S.N.M. 



The specimen figured in Howard's Insect Book (plate 34, fig. 3) as 

 B. nuhilum is this variety and shows very nicely the conspicuous 

 banding of the hind femora. 



B. nuhilum was characterized from the male sex only as is evident 

 from the original description. B. flavofasciatum was described from 

 the female only and I consider it the same as nuhilum. The speci- 

 mens described by Thomas from southeastern Colorado as nuhilum 

 of Say are, as shown by comparing his original material in the United 



