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Basilodes Pepita

Basilodes pepita

Plate XXVIII — Basilodes Pepita is Fig. 7
Plate XXVIII — Basilodes Pepita is Fig. 7

The genus Basilodes contains a number of species which are all, with the single exception of this species, natives of the southwestern portions of our territory. The present species occurs from Pennsylvania to Florida and westward to Colorado. The insect has been occasionally taken in Pittsburgh.