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Euphoria kerni clarki Le Conte. 



1853. Erirhijns clarki Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 441. 



Specimens examined : 5 $ , from McCook and Hitchcock 

 Co., collected along with the specimens just listed under the 

 from the type locality (Cache la), Poudre River, Colorado, 

 more heavily wooded districts.] 



Euphoria kerni texana Schaufuss. 



1863. Euphoria texana Schaufuss, Sitz. Ges. Isis, p. 113. 



Specimens examined : 5^,3$, from Curtis, McCook 

 and Hitchcock Co., collected along with the specimens listed 

 for the two preceding varieties. 



The writer has preferred Dr. Horn's long accepted view, 

 that these forms all belong to a single exceedingly variable 

 species. Several specimens at hand from Colorado are ex- 

 actly intermediate between keryii and clarki, and some of the 

 specimens of texana show evident traces of the pale thoracic 

 margins and elytral spots characteristic of the lighter forms. 

 No evident structural characters are correlated with the color 

 differences, the genital armatures of the males are identical 

 in form, and all of the varieties occur together on the same 

 flowers. The names therefore probably have but little taxon- 

 omic value, and are retained only for convenience in designat- 

 ing color variations. 



Euphoria sepulchralis Fabricius. 



1801. Cetonia sepnlchraUs Fabricius, Systema Eleutheratoi'um, ii, 

 p. 156. 



Specimens examined : 1 $ , from Rulo, collected July 2, 

 1915 by E. M. Partridge. Sepulchralis is a very common 

 species in the southern states. 



Euphoria hirtipes Horn. 



1880. Euphoria hirtipes Horn, Proc. Amer. Philos. See, xviii, pp. 

 398, 401. 



Specimens examined : 44 s , 38 $ , from West Point and 

 Halsey, collected during April and May in ant nests. 



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