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Anomalon laetatorius Jurine, Nowr. Meth. Class. Hyni., 1807, p. 116. 

 Anomalon attractus Say, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, 1835, p. 241 (Leconte 



ed., vol. 2, p. 696). 



Bassus tripiticrus Walsh, Trans. Ac. Sci., St. Louis, vol. 3, 1873, p. 85. 

 Diplazon laetatorius Vireck, Hym. Conn., 1917, p. 303. 



There are in the National Museum several specimens of 

 laetatorius that have the white markings of mesopleurum and 

 mesosternum described by Say in varying degrees of complete- 

 ness. In some cases these spots are confluent and in others 

 represented only by white dots behind the front coxae. Certain 

 of these specimens agree almost perfectly with Say's description, 

 one female differing only in having the entire fourth tergite 

 black. This tergite, however, varies in a series of specimens all 

 the way from all black to all red. 



Neotype.A. female collected April 1 8, 1 911 , at Dallas, Texas, 

 by H. Pinkus. 



The above synonymy is not complete but includes only generic 

 changes and North American synonyms. 



7. (Anomalon) Neleopisthus densatus (Say). 



Anomalon densatus Say, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, 1835, p. 243 (Leconte 



ed., vol. 2, p. 698). 

 Neleopisthus similis Cushman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 56, 1919, p. 379. 



The type of Neleopisthus similis Cushman agrees almost per- 

 fectly with Say's description, so nearly perfectly that the dis- 

 crepancy in the length of the "oviduct" must be explained by 

 the supposition that in Say's specimen the ovipositor proper was 

 free of the sheath and it was this to which Say referred. 



Neotype. The type of Neleopisthus similis Cushman. 



It should be noted that in the first line of the description as 

 reprinted in the Leconte edition the word "orbits" occurring 

 in the original description before "above with a white line" is 

 omitted. 



8. (Anomalon) Glypta divaricata (Say). 



Anomalon divaricatns Say, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 1 , 1 835, p. 244 (Leconte 



ed., vol. 2, p. 699). 

 Glypta divaricata Cresson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1870, p. 153. Possibly 



(=pulchrtpes Cresson). 



Undoubtedly a Glypta but apparently not pulchripes as sug- 

 gested by Cresson, for Say says nothing of red pleura, white 

 clypeus and mandibles or hind tibiae. His description is more 

 like tuberculifrons Cresson. Say's specimen was from Florida, 

 from which State Cresson had no specimens of Glypta; nor are 

 there any in the National Museum. \Ve suspect that Say's 

 species is distinct from any that Cresson knew. 



