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palpi pale; pronotum hardly longer than broad, and with a 
reddish line on side cortezi 
Basal joint at most with one or two stripes 17 
17. One or two dark or reddish bands across face; vertex 
with an angulate red line 18 
No bands across face, at most a spot each side . . . .20 
18. Two stripes on basal joint of antennae, one inner, one 
above; pronotum plainly longer than broad, with two dark 
spots each side Leucochrysa dnarte 
Basal joint with but one dark stripe 19 
19. One dark band across face, basal part of antennae dark 
for a few joints beyond the second maculata 
Two reddish bands across face and upper clypeus, basal part 
of antennae not black; vertex with some dark transverse marks 
more or less distinct serrei 
20. Several joints of antennae beyond the second with a dark 
mark beneath; vertex with an angulate red line in front; palpi 
pale antennata 
No joints marked beneath with dark on antennae . . .21 
21. Basal joint of antenna with a reddish or dark stripe, 
several of the outer gradates bordered 22 
Basal joint of antenna without a distinct stripe, but some- 
times wholly pale rufous; outer gradates not so plainly bor- 
dered Icertes 
22. Palpi pale, unmarked punctata 
Palpi largely dark . salleana 
Species Described from this Region but not Recognized, 
or Perhaps Synonyms 
Nodita explorator Hagen 1861, type appears to be lost; 
agrees in some ways with N . antennata , but said to have a large 
dark spot on face. 
Chrysopa sulcata Navas 1921, according to Smith notes is a 
Nodita; in the synopsis it will run to duarte from which it dif- 
fers in having the pronotum broader than long. 
Nodita campioni Navas 1914, is related to askanes, but the 
latter has a band across lower part of face at elypeal border, 
inner gradates not dark, and pronotal stripes have an inward 
projection. 
