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possible to make a definite statement in the matter. A male in the 

 United States National Museum collection, which agrees in practi- 

 cally all respects with the description, is doubtfully refon-ed to this 

 species. 



CREMASTLS GRANULATUS Davis. 



Cremastus granulatus Davis, Trans. Ainer. Ent. Soc, vol. 24, 1807, p. 365. 



This species is apparently not represented in the United States 

 National Museum, Judging from the description, however, it is 

 alhed to cleridivora Cushman and similis Cushman, the color pattern 

 of the body being very similar to that of those species. But hi its ])ale 

 yellow legs and apically weak propodeal carinae as well as in its small 

 size, it is distinct from both. 



CREMASTL'S HARTII Ashmead. 



Cremastus Aarfit Ashmead, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, 1895, p. 277. 

 pi. 3. 



' In his description of this species Ashmead states "Hab., Havana, 

 m. ; Washington, D. C; Lexington, Ky. Types, male and female, in 

 the collections of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 

 and in my collection." 



In the United States National Museum collection there are only four 

 specimens bearmg this species label, but only one of these is from 

 either of the localities mentioned in the description. The smgle ex- 

 ception is a male from Washington, District of Columbia, and is not 

 liartii Ashmead, but retiniae (Cresson). The other three specimens 

 are a female from Chicago, Illinois, and males from Onaga, Kansas, and 

 New York. Aside from these specimens there are only two specimens 

 from Washmgton and one from Lexington, Kentucky, which ante- 

 date the original description and which at aU agree with the descrip- 

 tion. All three differ more or less from Ashmead's description. 

 Moreover, they are representative of two different species, O. gracilis 

 Cushman and C. graciliventris Cushman. These specimens and minor 

 Cushman which agrees fairly well with the description, were sent to 

 Mr. J. R. Malloch at the Illmois State Laboratory for comparison with 

 the type. Mr. Malloch reported neither species to be Jiaiiii Aslunead. 

 From his observations it differs from all three species in that the pro- 

 podeum does not extend to the middle of the hmd coxae, but docs 

 agree with them in stigmal and petiolar characters. It would there- 

 fore run in the table to species to the first part of dichotomy 2, but 

 differs from all the species faUing there in the short propodeal nock. 

 Other characters mentioned by Mr. Malloch include: Eyes parallel; 

 malar spaces with extended angle obtuse; areola and petiolar areas 

 separated; petiole with carinae and foveae; second tergitcs not over 

 two times as long as apical width; length of petiole and second seg- 

 ment barely more than equal the length of remammg segments ; ab- 

 dominal punctures very mdistinct. 



