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7. Yellow spot on clavus oval in form, and on central portion, clitellarius 

 Yellow spot narrow and elongated, extending along suture of elytra 



from apex of scutellum to apex of clavus, vertex slightly pointed 



collaris 



8. Species usually green, vertex with definite markings in form of 



spots or bands 9 



Species green or yellow, vertex without definite markings in the 

 form of spots or bands 15 



9. Vertex with two or more spots on or above margin 10 



Vertex with a broad black band on margin between eyes, species 



dark green, elytral apices smoky smithi 



10. Principal markings on margin of vertex in form of black spots or 



dashes 11 



Principal markings in the form of spots above margin on vertex . . 14 



11. Markings on front four in number, either spots or dashes 12 



Two elongated black spots on margin of vertex near apex, and two 



smaller ones above, one nearer either eye decipiens 



12. Four spots on margin of vertex 13 



Four elongated narrow dashes almost forming line on margin 



between eyes, vertex and pronotum pale with brownish longi- 

 tudinal lines across them, elytra dark, nervures pale cypraceus 



13. Four large round black spots on margin melanogaster 



Four spots on margin, central two large, elongate, outer two 



smaller, a small black spot above either ocellus connected with a 

 fine black line extending across antennal pit to base of clypeus ciliatus 



14. Vertex angulate, four round black spots above margin, pronotum 



with pale longitudinal striae, elytra yellow, venation conspicuous, 



face pale fitchi 



Vertex less angulate, six round black spots above margin, one very 

 close to either eye, face black with pale arcs nigrifrons 



15. Elytra quite hyaline, greenish or yellowish not dark or smoky .... 16 

 Elytra dark smoky only, subhyaline, veins yellowish, conspicuous, 



species broad chlamydatus 



16. Greenish species, long and slender, head sharply angled, female 



segment truncated or slightly waved, without median tooth inornatus 

 Orange-yellow, rather broad, head quite bluntly angled, female 

 segment excavated with a rather broad median tooth placidus 



T. kennicotti (Uhler). 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 161, 1863. 



Rather large, vertex blunt, broadly rounded, almost parallel 

 margined, two large black spots on rounded margin, ocelli and 

 usually a line or band behind them, red. Pronotum v^ith a pale 

 median transverse band, rather narrow. Elytra brownish, smoky, 

 claval suture conspicuously and broadly white. Length 6.5-7 "^^• 



A species commonly taken in shrub habitats often on oak, 

 occurring usually in small numbers throughout the summer. 



New Haven, 17 July, 1908; 20 Aug., 1909, and 26 June, 1910 (B. H. W.) ; 

 4, 7, II, 25, 28 July, 3 Oct., 1920 (B. H. W.) ; East Haven, 21 July, 1920 

 (B. H. W.) ; North Branford, 13 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Portland, 25 

 July, 1920 (B. H. W.). 



*T. brittoni Osborn. 



Proc. Dav. Acad. Sci., x, 166, 1907. 



Resembling kennicotti in general appearance but smaller, darker 

 colored without conspicuous white claval vein. Dark brown, 



