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SpecimeTis examined. — Arizona : Female, Phoenix (Oslar) . Iowa : 

 Female, August 27, 1920, Sioux City (C. N. Ainslie) ; 6 females, 

 September 17, 1921, Sioux City (C. N. Ainslie). Kansas: Female. 

 July 1, 1885, Gove County ; 2 females, July, 1885, Wallace County ; 

 female, July 7, Wallace County; female (Popenoe). Nebraska: 

 Female, June 24, 1913, Ogallala (R. W. Dawson). Texas: Female, 

 June 13-17, 1908, Eio Grande, Brewster County (Mitchell and 

 Cushman). 



17. PSEUDOMETHOCA PRAECLARA (Blake). 



1886. Sphaeroplithalma praeclara Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 



p. 252, female. 



1887. Sphaeroplithalma praeclara Ceesson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, suppl. 



vol., p. 266, female. 

 1897. Mutilla praeclara Daxle Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol S, p. 74, female. 

 1899. Mutilla praeclara Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 224, female. 

 1903. Pscudomethoca? praeclara Andrk, Gen. Ins.. vol. 1, fasc 11, p. 28. 



female. 

 1915. Nomiaephagus acuum Cockerell, Ent., vol. 48, p. 250, female. 



Type. — Female, Arizona, in collection of American Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia. 



Specimens examined. — Arizona: Female, May 2, 1919, Tucson. 

 Sabino Basin, St. Catalina Mountains; female. California: Female, 

 San Diego County. 



I have examined the type specimens of praeclara Blake and acuum 

 Cockerell and find them to be identical. 



18. PSEUDOMETHOCA ANTHRACINA (Fox). 



Plate ]. fi?. 3. 



1892. Sphaerophthalma anthracina Fox, Ent. News, vol. 3, p. 172, male. 

 1897. Mutilla onthrncicolor Dalle Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol. 8, p. 9, male. 

 1899. Mutilla anthracicolor Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 228, 



male. 

 1903. Ephuta anthracicolor Andre:, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc 11, p. 57, male. 



Type. — Male, San Diego, California, in collection of IT. S. National 

 Museum. 



Plesiotype. — Male, August 18, 1917, La Jolla, San Diego County. 

 California (H. Klotz), in entomological collection of Leland Stan- 

 ford University. 



/Specimens examined. — California : Male, August 29, 1919, La 

 Jolla, San Diego County (H. Klotz) ; male, Santa Clara County. 



The genitalia of the type and plesiotype have been compared and 

 found to be identical. 



