MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS SAPERDA 



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Key to species 



Antennae plainly annulate 



b Head deeply impressed between the eyes 



c Antennae with first joint normal and gray hornii 



cc Antennae with first joint enlarged and dark 

 d Elytra obliquely narrowed, ending in a spine at the 



tip o b 1 i q u a 



dd Elytra slightly narrowed and without a spine mutica 



Fig. 3 Claws of following species : 17 Both claws of front tarsi of S. later a lis ; 18 Both 

 claws of middle tarsi of S. lateralis; 19 Front claw; 20 Posterior claw of middle tared of S. 

 lateralis; 21 claw of middle tarsi of S. punct i co His; 22 and 23 Claws of hind tarsi of 

 S. lateralis; 24 and 25 Claws of front and middle tarsi of S. fayi; 26 and 27 Claw of front 

 and middle tarsi of S. o b 1 i q u a ; 28 and 29 Claw of front and middle tarsi of S. mutica. 



bb Head rounded in front 



c Antennae with first joint black and normal in size 



d Upper side strongly punctate and confluent with few punctula- 

 tions between, sparsely covered with gray or light fulvous hairs, 

 several spots of dense yellow or fulvous hair on elytra; fulvous 



stripe on side of thorax populnea 



dd Upper side with punctures not so numerous, and sparsely cov- 

 ered with gray hairs, unicolorous, punctulations on intervals 

 more numerous; light stripe on thorax nearly obso- 

 lete subsp. m o e s t a 



ddd Upper side with fewer but larger and deeper punctures, more 

 densely punctulate on the intervals and densely covered with 

 red or fulvous hairs; thorax with stripe on sides and 

 top subsp. t u 1 a r i 



