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Spots 

 Spots 



Spots \ 

 Spots g, 



Spots, I 



Spots , 

 Spots , 

 Spots \, 



Spots \, 

 Spots \ 

 Spots 

 Spots i 

 Spots \ 



3, 1, 4 + 5, 60 H. septemmaculata var. viadri Weise. 



+ 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, =c= /f. septemmaculata var. paykulli Weise O H. tredecim- 



punctata var. triloba Weise. 



+ 3, 1, 4, 5, 6, =c= /f. septemmaculata var. oblonga Weise. 



1, 2, 3, 4,5 + 6, =c= H. tredecimpunctata var. c. nigrum; rare; California and 

 Nevada. 



, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-j-6, var. juncta Casey; taken in Sonoma County, California, and 1 

 specimen from Stony Lake, Michigan. 



1, 2, 3, 4 6, 5, rare; Pacific States. 



+ 3 + 1, 2, 4 5 -I- 6, rare; Rocky Mountains. 



1,2, 3, 4 + 5, 6=z=H. tredecimpunctata var. spissa Weise =~=H. septemmacu- 

 lata var. aestiba; common in Western States. 



1, 4 + 5, 6, pseudoglacialis (new variety) ; New Mexico and northward. 



3 + e, extensa Mulsant, Western States. 

 +3-re, 2, 4, 5, 6. 



+3 + e, 2,4 + 5, 6. 

 - 3, e, 2, 4, 5, 6. 



FIG. 12 Variation of elytral pattern i >f the quindecimmaciilcUa varieties. c = 

 mode; a, from Lake Superior; fe, California; c, St. Louis, Missouri: d, Iowa 

 City. Iowa; e. Southern Illinois; f. Karniack Butte. Washington: h, Keeler, 



California: '. St. Lui>. Missouri." 



Spots \ -- 3, e, e', 2, 4, 5, 6. 



Spots | -^- 3 -r e + e 7 , 4, 5, 6, lecontei Mulsant. 



Spots \, 1, 2, 3 + q, 4, 5, 6, quindecimmaculata Mulsant (fig. 12) ; Central States. 



Spots , 1, 2, 3, g, 4, 5, 6; very rare; Central States. 



Spots , 1, 2, 3 + q + qr 7 , 4, 5, 6, difficult to distinguish from 3 + q, but known to exist 

 from a few specimens with reduced pigment. 



Spots , 1, 2, 3 g, 4, 5, 6, quindecimmaculata A Mulsant; very rare; Central States. 



Spots |, 1, 2, 3 + q, 4 + 5, 6, quindecimmaculata D Mulsant; Missouri Valley; very rare.- 



Spots , 1, 2, + 3 + q, 4, 5, 6, quindecimmaculata C Mulsant; Missouri Valley; very 

 rare. 



Spots \ t- 3 + q, 4, 5; 1 specimen from Fan-field, Washington. 



Spots J, 1, 2 -t- q, 3, 4, 5, 6; very rare; 1 specimen from Kamiack Butte, Washington, 

 upon one side only. 



Spots J, 1, 2 + q + 3 + t, 4, 5, 6; very rare; Missouri Valley. 



Spots , 1 + q + 3, 2, 4 + 5, 6; 2 specimens from Keeler, California, and St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, respectively. 



With the comma-mark as in Neoharmonia venusta var. A. 



Spots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5=3= septemmaculata var. vorax Weise. Eastern as well as Western 

 States. 



Several spots lacking, convergent C Mulsant; Western States. 



Mark J only, obsoleta Leconte; Pacific States and Western Mexico. Most numerous 

 in western Oregon outside the humid region. Extends in reduced numbers 

 through Arizona to the Great Plains, giving way to var. C Mulsant gradually. 



Spotless, with obsoleta; rare; =2= H. tredecimpunctata var. signata Fald. =c=.ff. septem- 

 maculata var. rubra Weise. 



