Delete iphone "on my mac" contacts

my iphone 4 is synced with iCloud, everytime i go into my contacts it shows a duplicate contact, apparently this is because it is in both "on my mac" and iCloud. How can i delete the "on my mac" section, as i only require the icloud version of any of them.

Ok thanks for the help, but i am still a little confused. when i go to preferances i can edit my accounts.  my bellsouth email is my apple id/icloud account, but i also have an icloud one that is my me.com address. they both have cantacts syncing.  which one should i uncheck?

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