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Wings either black or brown, always the same color as 
the body brumalis Fitch. 
Key to Females of Borens 
1. Fore wing reduced to a minute scar, similar to that of 
the hind wing reductus Carp. 
Fore wing in the form of a small oval pad 2. 
2. Wings and body the same color (brown or black) 3. 
Wings much lighter (yellow or yellow-brown) than 
body (dark brown or black) 7. 
3. Ovipositor short, only as long as rostrum 4. 
Ovipositor distinctly longer than rostrum 5. 
4. Body either black or very dark brown brumalis Fitch. 
Body light brown or medium brown . . nivoriundus Fitch. 
5. Body covered with long, white or yellowish hairs 
nix n. sp. 
Body covered with fine, white pubescence 6. 
6. Ovipositer twice as long as rostrum unicolor Hine. 
Ovipositor only one and one-half times as long as 
rostrum gracilis n. sp. 
7. Ovipositer twice the length of the rostrum 
intermedins Lloyd. 
Ovipositer at most one and one-half times as long as the 
rostrum 8. 
8. Body light brown or reddish brown 
calif ornicus var. calif ornicus Packard. 
Body black or nearly so • 9. 
9. Body black, with a pronounced bronze hue; abdomen 
above exceedingly shiny borealis Banks. 
Body jet black; abdomen above with only a slight shine . 
calif ornicus fuscus, n. var. 
Borens brumalis Fitch 
Amer. Journ. Agric., 5 : 278; 1847. 
Although this species has previously been known to occur 
only in Massachusetts, New York, District of Columbia and 
Michigan (Detroit), a great many specimens have been tak- 
en in Hocking and Fairfield Counties, Ohio, December 5-25, 
1933 (E. S. Thomas, J. S. Thomas, W. Goslin, R. Goslin). 
These Ohio specimens, although somewhat smaller and more 
