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Process moderate on anterior claw of front and middle tarsi: 

 obliqua, mutica , hornii, Candida. 



Process long on anterior claw of front and middle tarsi : c a 1 c a - 

 rata, tridentata, cretata. 



Fig. 2 Front claw of first and middle tarsi of the following species : a and" 10 SaperdA 

 cretata; n and 12 S. Candida; 13 and 14 S. hornii; 15 and 16 S. calcarata. C= 

 claw, P=process. 



Process shorter on anterior claw of front than middle tarsi : d i s - 

 coidea, vestita, imitans. 



Process small on both claws of all tarsi : lateralis. 



1 Process very small on anterior claw of front and small on middle 

 tarsi : f a y i . 



Process wanting on front and large on middle tarsi : puncti- 

 collis. 



Process wanting : populnea, moesta, tulari and con- 

 color. 



\A.s this process shows considerable variation in shape and size in 

 different specimens of the same species, we have taken the most common 

 shape and size as the normal for each species. 



