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Type-locality. — Verdi, Washoe County, Nev., F. D. Parker. 



Allotype. — Male, in same collection as holotype. Verdi, Washoe 

 County, Nev., F. D. Parker. 



Paratypes. — 1 9, Verdi, Washoe County, Nev., F. D. Parker. 

 1 9, 1 cf, Verdi, Washoe County, Nev., Dec. 16, 1960, reared from 

 elderberry stems, F. D. Parker. 1 9, same data, but Jan. 28, 1961. 



Figure 3. — Left part of propodeum, dorsal view: a, Epistenia coeruleata Westwood; b, E. 

 polita (Say); c, E. burksi, new species; d, E. mtdia, new species. 



1 9, Putah Canyon, Yolo County, Calif., Nov. 20, 1960, reared from 

 elderberry stems, F. D. Parker. 2 d\ Putah Canyon, Yolo County, 

 Calif., F. D. Parker, 1 d\ Texas, Belfrage. 1 d 1 , 1 9, Rochester, N. Y., 

 K. W. C. Cooper. 1 9, Verdi, Washoe County, Nev., F. D. Parker. 

 1 9, Verdi, Washoe County, Nev., Jan. 28, 1961, reared from elder- 

 berry stems, F. D. Parker. 1 cf, Putah Canyon, Yolo County, Calif., 



