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cate; fii'st segment of abdomen black, its apical 0.2 ± reddish; second 

 and following abdominal segments red. 



Type: 9, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., May 9, 1947, H. and 

 M. Townes (Washington, USNM 63778). 



Paratypes: 3cf , 29, Oak Creek Canyon, Ai'iz., May 13, 14, and 16, 

 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 2cf, 29, Parker Creek, Sierra 

 Ancha, Ariz., May 4, 9, and 11, 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 

 cf, near Roosevelt Lake, Ai*iz., April 21, 1947, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). cT, Workman Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ai-iz., May 6, 1947, 

 H. and JM. Townes (Townes). 



We found the species in chaparral countr}', flying among the bushes 

 in the morning, before heat became intense. 



This species occurs in the Transition zone of Ai'izona, in chaparral 

 areas. 



16. Trachysphyrus strigosus (Pratt) 



Cryptus strigosus Pratt, 1945, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 583; d', 9 ■ Type: 

 9, Carrville, Trinity Co., Calif., 2,400 to 2,500 ft. (San Francisco). Type 

 not seen. 



Front wing 6.5 to 9.5 mm. long; structurally similar to T. loch- 

 maius except that the temple is a little longer, less convex, and flat 

 at its midheight. 



Male: Black. Face, clypeus, narrow frontal orbit, narrow tem- 

 poral orbit except above, cheek, mouth parts, front of scape, upper 

 margin of pronotum, and subtegular ridge, yellow; tegula yellow bas- 

 ally, fulvous apically ; front and middle coxae and trochanters yellow, 

 ferruginous above; front and middle legs beyond coxae ferruginous; 

 hind leg ferruginous, its tibia somewhat infuscate apically and the 

 apical 0.6 zb of its basitarsus, all of tarsal segments 2-4, and base of 

 tarsal segment 5, yellow; wings faintly infuscate; abdomen ferruginous. 



Female: Black. Narrow front and hind orbit and a stripe on 

 cheek, yellowish; mandible partly fulvous; palpi dark brown; scape 

 ferruginous; flagellum stained with ferruginous below; legs and ab- 

 domen ferruginous; wings moderately infuscate. 



This and T. lochmams are probably only subspecifically distinct, 

 but the specimens at hand show no tendency to intergrade. 



Specimens (34 cf, 129): From California (Berkeley, Boca, Camino, 

 Crystal Lake in Los Angeles Co., Dublin in Alameda Co., Fish Camp, 

 Gold Lake in Sierra Co., Leevining, Mammoth in Modoc Co., Mesa 

 Grande in Sonoma Co., Miami Ranger Station in Mariposa Co., 

 Pinnacles National Monument in San Benito Co., Sagehen near 

 Hobart Mills, San Jacinto River in San Jacinto Mts. at 3,000 ft., 

 Snowline Camp in El Dorado Co., Strawberry, and Trinity Co. at 

 6,000 ft.) ; Nevada (Genoa) ; Oregon (Eagle Ridge at I\lamath Lake) ; 

 and Washington (Red Mt.). 



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