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6, Anterior margin of pronotum with vermiculate dark marks; lines 

 on the vertex obviously interrupted or dotted ; hind edge of 

 vertex with a short oblique brown line behind each ocellus ; be- 

 neath black or fuscous ; face black in both sexes ; last ventral 

 segment of female nearly truncated, slightly produced at the 



middle; length 6 mm.; Georgia bradleyi n. sp. 



Anterior margin of pronotum without vermiculate marks ; oblique line 



wanting on hind margin of the vertex 7 



7., Vertex equal in length to the pronotum; male black beneath; last 

 ventral segment of female obviously bisinuated, the median tooth 

 longer than the lateral angles ; length 6 mm. ; United States, 



minor Walk. 



Vertex one-half longer than the pronotum; males rarely deep black 



beneath, at least on the face 8 



8, Larger ; markings on vertex more obsolete, often scarcely indicated ; 



elytral venation pale, the pronotum without pale longitudinal 

 lines; last ventral segment of the female more produced, the 

 lateral angles obvious; length 9-10 mm.; U. S. and Canada to 



Rocky Mts angulifera Walk. 



Smaller, markings on vertex distinct; elytral venation more or less 

 bluish ; pronotum with three bluish longitudinal lines ; last ven- 

 tral segment of the female more truncated ; length 7 mm. ; 

 United States mollipes Say. 



9, Anterior margin of pronotum with vermiculate dark marks ; vertex 



subacute before ; scutellum with three points and a line black ; 

 colors dull ; last ventral segment of the female truncated, a 

 little roundedly produced at the middle ; length 7 mm. ; Georgia, 



inscripta n. sp. 

 Anterior margin of pronotum without vermiculate marks 10 



ID, Male : head subacute, angle of the vertex distinctly less than a 

 right-angle; markings of vertex heavy, including a sagittate 

 mark before the apex and an annulus next the eye; form nar- 

 rower; plates produced in long acute upturned points; length 



7 mm. ; Colorado to Canada manitobiana Ball. 



Head more obtuse, apex of the vertex about a right-angle in the male, 

 scarcely less in the female; markings of vertex lighter, with an 

 incomplete annulus next the eye and no sagittate mark before 

 the apex ; form broader 11 



II, Black marks at apex of the vertex narrower, linear and parallel 

 in the female, broader and more diffuse in the male but not 

 transverse or divergent behind; sides of the pronotum without 

 a black line behind the eye; male antennae long, thickened to 

 near its tip; male plates with abrupt, slender and divergent tips; 

 length 7-8 mm. ; Washington and Oregon crassicornis n. sp. 



