Cedusa incisa METCALF 

 (1923 Jr. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 38, p. 195, Herpis) 



Recorded from Conn., N. Y., Mich., N. J., and Iowa. 



Frons broadest about two-thirds its length from vertex, the sides 

 above that point a little incurved, below it is more strongly out- 

 curved. The apical hook of the male clasper upcurved and prominent. 



Length 3.75-4.5 mm. 



A male was taken by C. J. Drake at Tupelo, Miss., July 

 1, 1921. 



Cedusa mallochi McATEE 

 (1924 Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., 17, p. 184) 



McAtee in his brief description records this species 

 from Maryland and Louisiana and it undoubtedly occurs in 

 Mississippi. 



The frons is of nearly uniform width, slightly widening from 

 vertex to a point three-fourths its length below, then slightly con- 

 stricted before joining the clypeus. The apical hook of male clasper 

 long, and directed nearly straight inwardly but slightly curved an- 

 teriorly. 



Length 4.-5.5 mm. 



Fig. 30 Lateral view of Cedusa maculata Van D. 

 (Drawing by Osborn) 



Cedusa maculata VAN DUZEE 

 (1902 Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci., x, p. 503, Lamenia) 



Distinguished at once by its color from' all the other 

 species. 



Recorded from Ont, N. Y., D. C. and N. Car. 



General color grayish-white, the frons with a fuscous median vitta 

 which extends over the clypeus and is expanded about an oval white 

 spot on the apex of the frons; dorsally this fuscous vitta extends 

 across the pronotum and scutellum; the cheeks are infuscated and 



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