Memoirs on the coleoptera

CERAMBYCID^E 369
Neoclytus strictulus n. subsp. General characters and ornamentation
precisely as in In sens but narrower and more cylindric, the prothorax
without trace of the two large nubilously red areas of that species and
having the sculpture more uniform, the very short transverse carinules
of the tumid median line less evident; antennae slightly more slender.
Length (9) 9.0 mm.; width 2.6 mm. A single example, rather smaller
than any example of typical luscus at hand, found unlabeled in the
Levette collection.
Distinguishable from luscus principally by the narrower form
and thoracic coloration.
The following is a subspecies of conjunctus, the latter occurring
in the middle coast regions:
Neoclytus occiduus n. subsp. Similar to conjunctus but narrower, the
elytra much less tapering from base to apex, the elytral ornamentation
precisely similar; antennae (cf) a little shorter, much more slender,
especially the basal joint which is only about two-thirds as thick; prothorax
less evenly rounded at the sides, more swollen just behind the
middle, more evenly pubescent, with the sublateral ridge almost obsolete;
legs shorter and more slender, the hind thighs (a 71
) not quite extending to
the elytral tips. Length (cf, 9) 9.0-12.0 mm.; width 2.4-3.1 mm.
Labeled simply " California" in the Levette collection.
The four examples seem to indicate a moderately definite sub-
distinct from
sidiary form. The following is apparently a species
conjunctus:
Neoclytus tularensis n. sp. Similar to conjunctus but a little narrower,
more convex and more elongate, the elytral maculation similar but
broader and with the submedian lines diverging from the suture
filled solidly with white pubescence, having its anterior margin trans-
verse across the suture; antennae (cf ) similar but a little shorter; prothorax
more transverse, more strongly rounded at the sides and more
arcuate at apex, the brown hairs in the large concavity at each side of
the sublateral ridge not dense but long, coarser and much sparser; scutellum
similarly nearly nude; elytra distinctly tapering, barely as wide as
the prothorax, each narrowly rounded at tip; legs similar, the hind
femora extending a little behind the elytra; abdomen evenly banded.
Length (cf ) 12. 8 mm.; width 3.4 mm. California (Kaweah), Hopping.
In the male of conjunctus the dense pubescence seems to obliter-
ate completely the first abdominal suture, but in tularensis all the
sutures are distinctly indicated by the arrangement
broad pubescent bands.
Clytanthus Thorns.
of the four
In the European fauna this is the largest genus of the Clytini,
but in America it is very poorly developed, only two species being
T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. Ill, March 1912.