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and show better diagnostic characters. In the males the ver- 

 tex is uniformly shorter with the dark marking more pro- 

 nounced. 



Key to TRB Sncns: 

 Line of the face when viewed fron the tide rectilinear or nearly 



M> I 



Line of the face ttroogljr armated. the front tnmidly convex la 



I. Markings of vertex co n si stin g of pale brown OMMtfings. arranged 

 more or less disthictly hi l ong itudin al scries: color doO testa- 

 ceoat yellow, the broad anterior margin of pro n c tum and elytral 

 venation whitish; vertex acnte, nearly as long as broad: last 

 vcuuai Bcgmcni oi lemaie wtKWKixf MsnHnne : wiigiii tr^ mm. , 



Fk>rida Mwii&m Ball 



Vertex not mottled: markingi in lines and points more or less dis- 

 tinct a 



3. Five bbdc pofaits on the vertai (iachiding die occffi) ami two oo 



the base of the •cnteOam 3 



Vertex and sctttellam without distinct black points or the oedb only 



marked with black 4 



3* Color pale t estace o ws tinged with browntsh, the coala only yeuowisii: 

 anterior naaigin of proaot nm with ver m ic ulat e marks includin g 

 a distiDCt bteck spot behind the eye: vertex acnte. as long as 

 broad: last ventral scguMnt of female p roduced, the lateral 

 '"gfff right-angled ; l en g th o mm. : Southern states. 



7-imllele Walk. 

 Color typical of the gsniis. yellow with the disk of the proootnm and 

 the riytra green ; anterior blaefc point ou the vertex often obso- 

 lete in the male, the lines obscure: venu kuhte marks on the 

 anterior margin of the pronot u m faiM or wanting, not form- 

 ing a point behind the eye: vertex acute, not ai long on the 

 middle Hae as wide at base inchiding the eyes: fawt ventral seg- 

 ment of the female scarcely bisisaate. the lateral angles some- 

 times moderately produced; length 6 mm.: Georgia.. Mif n. sp. 

 4 Vertex acute, ausch less than right-angled in the female; pronot um 



with a group of black p u n ctur e s before the hnmeri 5 



Vertex obtuse, scarcriy more than right-angled hefnre: pronotum 



without a group of black pm i c t ur e s before the humeri 9 



5. Vertex greatly prod u ced, at least as long as broad acroas the eyes : 

 lines on vertex h i disttoct ; green and yellow of the upper sur- 

 face dear, elytral uei i mcs bluish: beneath testaceous; female 

 without fuscous vitta on the sides, its last ventral segment trtin- 

 caled and but little prod u ce d ; length 9 mm. ; Fkirida.anaa Walk. 

 Vertex not as long as wide across the eyes ( 



