188 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 216 parts 



Face of male mostly ivory, with a submedian vertical blacldsh 

 band on each side; coxae and abdomen entirely fulvof erruginous ; 

 wings of male wealdy infuscate, of female rather strongly infuscate. 



The cocoons from which they emerged are pinned with two 

 of the specimens. These are broadly elliptic, yellowish white, rather 

 dense in texture, and with a small amount of looser silk on the 

 outside. 



Specimens: 9, Alma, Calif., June 7, 1940, Miller (Berkeley). 

 2 6^, from lepidoptera cocoon, Angwin, Napa Co., Calif., "11.26.53," 

 J. C. Hall (Davis and Townes). cf, Felton in the Santa Cruz Mts. 

 at 300-500 ft., Calif., May 20-25, 1907, J. C. Bradley (Ithaca), cf , 

 Hastings Natural History Reservation in the Santa Lucia Mts. near 

 Jamesburg in Monterey Co., 1,900-2,700 ft., Calif., June 1, 1938, 

 Michener (Townes). 9, Los Gatos, Calif., August 1933, G. A. Ham- 

 sher (Davis). 9, McCloud, Cahf., June 22, 1914, E. C. Van Dyke 

 (San Francisco), cf , 9, Mount Diablo, Calif., Apr. 21, 1934 (Davis), 

 cf , Paraiso Spring, Monterey Co., Cahf., May 26, 1950, R. M. Bohart 

 (Davis). 9, Santa Rosa, Calif., May 15, 1954, E. I. Schlinger (Townes). 

 9, reared from Malacosoma, Puyallup, Wash., May 28, 1954, E. Darley 

 (Washington). 9, "Mountain View," collected by Elu-horn (Wash- 

 ington). 



This species occurs from Vancouver Island to central California, 

 near the coast. 



4. Trachysphyrus fasciatus, new species 



Figures 328,i; 339 



Front wing of male 7.3 mm. long, of female 7.7 mm. long; clypeus 

 narrow, strongly convex, in profile its apical half a little flattened; 

 cheek about as long as basal width of mandible in female, in male a 

 little shorter; frons finely rugulose, mat near antennal sockets, the 

 depression dorsolaterad of each antennal socket very faint; temple 

 moderately mat, its setiferous punctures fine and weak; punctures on 

 mesoscutum rather small, separated by about 0.2 their diameter; 

 mesopleurum finely rugulose, with some indistinct small punctures; 

 front tarsus of female not at all expanded; ovipositor about 2.05 as 

 long from nodus to apex as it is deep at nodus, its tip faintly upcurved, 

 the teeth on its lower valve rather strong and sparse, as in figure 

 328,i. 



Male: Fulvous. A transverse mark on lower part of frons, pre- 

 pectus, sutural areas at base of scutellum, of propodeum, and of met- 

 apleurum, and metasternum, black; small area laterad of lateral ocel- 

 lus and spot below subtegular ridge, fuscous; wings colored as in 

 female but the bands a little wider and less distinct. The only male 

 available lacks the antennae and the hind legs beyond the femur. 



