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ferruginous stains; hind coxa usually fulvoferruginous with a broad 

 fuscous stripe dorsally, often more extensively fuscous and sometimes 

 entirely black; hind femur fulvoferruginous, its apical 0.25 ± infuscate; 

 hind tibia brown, fuscous apically; first and fifth segments of hind 

 tarsus fuscous; tergites 1-4 ferruginous, the basal 0.5 ± of the first 

 infuscate. There are many intergrades toward the subspecies atri- 

 collaris. The arbitrary dividing line between the two forms is as 

 stated in the key. 



Typical female: Black. Vertical orbit, sometimes part or all of 

 facial and frontal orbits, band on flagellum, sometimes a dash on pro- 

 notum at upper end of epomia, sometimes a spot on hind corner of 

 pronotum, sometimes tegula, sometimes spot on scutellum, second seg- 

 ment of hind tarsus, and more or less of third segment of hind tar- 

 sus, white ; palpi brown ; tegula white, fulvous, or brown ; metapleurum, 

 upper division of metapleurum, and propodeum more or less ferrugi- 

 nous; front coxa fuscous or more or less ferruginous; middle coxa ferru- 

 ginous or more or less infuscate ; hind coxa ferruginous, usually infuscate 

 dorsoapically ; first trochanters fuscous or partly ferruginous; front 

 and middle legs beyond trochanters ferruginous; hind femur and 

 tibia ferruginous, their apical 0.2 ± fuscous; first, fourth, and fifth 

 segments of hind tarsus, and sometimes part or all of third segment 

 brown ; first fom* tergites ferruginous, the rest black. 



Type: 9, Edmonton, Alta., June 30, 1945, E. H. Strickland (Wash- 

 ington, USNM 63766). 



Paratypes (36 6", 409): From Alaska (Big Delta, Mile 315 on 

 Richardson Highway, and Shaw Creek at Mile 289 on Richardson 

 Highway); Alberta (Banff, Calgary, Consort, Edmonton, Lacombe, 

 Sylvan Lake, and Waterton Lakes); British Columbia (Athn at 2,200 

 ft., Canim Lake, Fort Nelson, Likely, Lower Post, Marble Canyon 

 near Lillooet, and Taylor); Colorado (Eraser, Grand Lake, Pando, 

 and Steamboat Springs) ; Manitoba (Aweme) ; Michigan (Isle Royale) ; 

 Minnesota (Grand Rapids); New Mexico (Cloudcroft at 9,000 ft. 

 and South Fork of Eagle Creek in White Mts. at about 8,000 ft.); 

 Northwest Territories (Cameron Bay on Great Bear Lake, Canol near 

 Norman Wells, Fort Smith, Norman Wells, and Reindeer Depot on 

 Mackenzie Delta); Ontario (Smoky Falls on Mattagami River); 

 Saskatchewan (Glaslyn, Kenosee Lake, Oakshela, Pierceland, Prince 

 Albert National Park, and Saskatoon); Wisconsin (Sawyer Co.); 

 and Yukon Territory (Rampart House and 8 miles southwest of 

 Whitehorse at 1,000 ft.). 



Collection dates of males are mostly from early July to mid-August. 

 The earhest and latest dates are: June 5 eight miles southwest of 

 Whitehorse, Yukon ; June 28 at Shaw Creek, Mile 289 on Richardson 

 Highway, Alaska; July 2 and 5 at Edmonton, Alta.; August 17 at 



