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8. Dorsal lobes of penis with a prominent dorsal finger and no correspond- 



ing ventral projection (PI. XV, fig. 3). Dorsal pair of parameres not 

 enlarged distad (PI. XV, fig. 2). Northeastern portion of central 

 peninsular Florida (probably local). . .aptera saturiba new subspecies 

 Dorsal lobes of penis with a ventral as well as a dorsal projection or 

 finger (PI. XV, fig. 5). Dorsal pair of parameres decidedly enlarged 

 distad (PI. XV, figs. 4 and 6) . Southeastern penisular Florida. 



aptera coquinae new subspecies 



9. Male pseudosternite armed with a single spine mesad on each side 



(PI. XVI, fig. 10; atypic " C ", fig. 11). (Male cerci short, with 

 apices blunt (PI. XVI, fig. 8; atypic "A", fig. 9). Paraprocts armed 

 with a tubercle in typical and atypic " A " conditions.) Lowlands of 

 eastern and southwestern Georgia, extreme southeastern Alabama and 

 northern Florida west to DeFuniak Springs. 



sphenarioides apalachee new subspecies 

 Male pseudosternite armed with a lamella or with irregular lobes mesad 



on each side 10 



10. Male cerci simple, moderately falcate distad (PI. XVI, fig. 12). Male 

 pseudosternite with its lateral productions distinctive (PI. XVI, fig. 

 13; atypic "E", fig. 14). Central peninsular Florida. 



sphenarioides sphenarioides Scudder 



Male cerci sigmoid, with over distal half strikingly falcate (PI. XVI, 



fig. 15). Male pseudosternite with distinctive, irregular, trilobate 



lateral productions (PI. XVI, fig. 16). Southern peninsular Florida. 



sphenarioides clara Rehn 



The majority of species and races of Aptenopedes may be 

 recognized without examination of the normally concealed male 

 genitalia. Moreover, once the characters of the penis are 

 known, the type represented in a specimen may often be recog- 

 nized merely by observation of the manner in which the pallium 

 is elevated over the tip of that organ. I had, indeed, hoped 

 that the structure of the portions of the penis, exposed when 

 that organ is extruded, would alone require study, these being 

 easily exposed by relaxing a specimen, deflexing the subgenital 

 plate and at the same time working the pallium back and then 

 down. The discovery that a very different pseudosternite dis- 

 tinguishes certain of the races of sphenarioides has necessitated 

 a much more elaborate operation. 



When the specimen is relaxed, the subgenital plate deflexed 

 and the pallium worked back, the penis is free. A dissecting 

 needle may then be inserted just before the penis to force it 



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