io W. Dwight Pierce 



densely punctate, the latter carinate ; 8 mm. ; Indian 

 Ter., Kan., June scaber Lee. 



Female abdomen red; pygidium black; male abdomen , 

 black; first joint of hind tarsi stout and very thick, 

 and more than twice as long as second and third 

 joints together; prothorax and vertex densely punc- 

 tate ; male antennae honey yellow ; 7.9 mm. ; July to 

 September, Solidago; Lincoln, Neb., West Point, 



Neb. ; Epinomia triangulifera Vachal host 



solidaginis Pierce 



Male abdomen black, antennae orange, Pine Ridge, Neb., 



July solidaginis Pierce var. 



8. Elytra shining yellow, or black only at base; head and 



orothorax densely punctate 9 



Elytra alutaceous, more or less blackish or piceous 11 



9. Elytra entirely yellow; hind tarsi with the first joint as 



long as the others united, scarcely thicker ; 5 mm. ; 



Cal calif ornicus Lee. 



Elytra black at base 10 



10. Body black; 6 mm.; Pa., 111., Mo., Chloralictus pruinosus 



. Rob. host fasciatus Say. 



Female abdomen dark brown; first joint as long as suc- 

 ceeding three joints, about once and a half as thick, 

 and slightly emarginate and obliquely truncate at 



tip ; 6 mm. ; West Point, Neb 



fasciatus Say var., brunneus n. var. 



11. Hind tibiae slightly compressed 12 



Hind tibiae strongly compressed ; black, with small tes- 

 taceous elytral spot; 6 mm.; Fla. ; Augochlora pura 

 Say host male schwarzi Lee. 



12. Vertex strongly elevated and compressed ; 6.5 mm. ; N. 



Y. (ceschii Lee.) female schzvarsi Lee. 



Vertex feebly elevated 13 



13. Pectus and abdomen densely punctured; 5 mm.; 111., 



N. Y walsliii Lee. 



Pectus and abdomen more strongly, less densely punc- 

 tured ; 2.5-3 mm.; Can., N. Y., D. C. .stylopides Newm. 



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