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Aptenopedes aptera coquinae 33 new subspecies (PI. XV, figs. 4 to 6.) 

 This handsome southeastern race is quite similar in general 

 appearance to large examples of aptera borealis here described. 

 The females show, however, pale lines margining the disk of the 

 pronotum laterad, in this sex also present only in hubbelli here 

 described of the other almost apterous species, but much more 

 prominently developed in all of the races of sphenarioides 

 Scudder. 



The great size of the specimens found on Silver Palms sug- 

 gests that this feature is more influenced by food plant or imme- 

 diate environment than by geographic distribution. This factor 

 probably explains the decided size difference from the normal 

 shown by certain series of a number of the forms of Aptenopedes. 

 Type. — S ; Miami, Florida. March 3, 1916. (M. Hebard). 

 [Hebard Collection, Type No. 1295]. 



Size medium, form moderately robust for the species (the normal for this 

 race, which varies in different series from small to extremely large). Gen- 

 erally similar to aptera saturiba here described. Dorsal lobes of penis 

 similarly dark and chitinous, shagreenous, with dorsal finger shorter than in 

 that race, straight and rounded at apex and ventral finger very similar to 

 it (individually varying from heavier to definitely smaller and less pro- 

 duced than the dorsal finger). Dorsal pair of parameres of same type but 

 produced, curved to become horizontal, narrow and elongate but enlarged 

 distad. 



Allotype. — 9 ; same data as type. [Hebard Collection]. 



Differs from all the other races of aptera in having narrow pale marginal 

 bands delimiting the pronotal disk from the lateral lobes (but similar to 

 those found in females of hubbelli). Much larger and decidedly more 

 robust than male. 



General coloration very similar to aptera simplex as here described. The 

 lateral pronotal and medio-longitudinal abdominal bands broad in the 

 males, usually whitish, rarely weakly yellowish buff; in females less heavy, 

 apparenty more often tinged with yellowish buff or brownish. Caudal 

 tibiae glaucous to deep glacous, in females with dorsal surfaces often 

 purplish. 



The great size variation occurring over a comparatively small 

 area is demonstrated by the following specimens. 



33 In reference to the coquina rock underlying the pine woods (Pinus 

 caraibea) which cover much the greater portion of the range of this race. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, LXII. 



