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fasciae is much wider than in rosmanis. The legs are usually 

 black, but the color varies to the extent of all the tibiae red 

 and in some individuals the anterior and sometimes a portion 

 of all the femora as well as the tarsi are also red. The color 

 of the abdomen as given in the original description and as 

 given in the notes subjoined is contradictory, but as due to 

 actual variation in color the statements are true ; the abdomen 

 varying from entirely pale red, the apical segment sanguineous 

 red, to entirely black, usually, however, with the apical seg- 

 ment red. The specimens at hand show that the basal seg- 

 ments are the first to become darker, these having at times 

 merely an infuscate cloud ; the most common form has the 

 three apical segments red. 



Enoclerus abruptus Lee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., 1858, p. 72. 



This is undoubtedly the most variable species of the genus. 

 The typical form has the head, thorax and legs red, but forms 

 are at hand with the same parts black ; in other specimens the 

 head and thorax may be black, the legs red or again these 

 conditions may be reversed. The basal maculations of the 

 elytra are always present, but in some individuals they are but 

 little paler than the basal portion of the elytra ; the width and 

 form of the median fascia is very variable, and is usually but 

 not always interrupted at the suture. The color of the pale 

 parts varies from red to yellow. It is probable that two or 

 more of the species now standing as valid are but varieties of 

 this species. 



Enoclerus abruptus var. coccineus S'chklg. 



Clems coccineus Schklg., Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 1906, p. 272, 



pi. II, f. 7- 

 Clerus coralliniis Fall. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXXIII, 1907, 

 p. 240. 



This is one of the many forms deserving of a varietal name. 

 Coccineus was described from northern Mexico but occurs 

 in our fauna from Duluth, Minn., through Nebraska and 

 Colorado to Texas and New Mexico. 



