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podeum, black; hind tibia ferruginous; tarsi yellow, their fifth segments 

 fulvous brown, the basal 0.2 i of hind basitrsus usually fulvous; 

 •v\nngs yellow, the front wing with brown bands as in figure 352, 

 the apex of hind wing brownish. 



Female: Front wing 10.3 to 11.3 mm. long; hypostomal carina 

 distad of occipital carina very high, about 0.3 as long as basal width 

 of mandible, its apex strongly projecting beyond lower articulation 

 of mandible; epomia about 0.50 as long as height of pronotum; 

 front edge of pronotum at its lower 0.35 with a prominent angular 

 projection, the apex of the projection about 90°; mesoscutum weakl^^ 

 mat, its punctures small, sharp, separated by about 0.3 their diameter; 

 notaulus rather sharp, reaching about 0.35 the distance to scutellum; 

 apical transverse carina of propodeum weak or obsolescent medially 

 and laterally, elsewhere sharp, sublaterally forming a weak crest; 

 second tergite strongly mat, with fine, adjacent punctures; ovipositor 

 tip as in figure 329,g, rather heavj?^, the upper valve rather broad 

 and rounded above. 



Fulvous. Apical 0.4 ± of flagellum brownish fulvous; flagellum 

 sometimes with a very faint, median, yellowish fulvous band; head, 

 body, and legs without fuscous markings; hind tarsus yellowish, 

 fulvous basally and apically; wings yellow, the front wing banded 

 with brown as in figure 353, the apex of hind vnng pale brown. 



Type: 9, "Chenney Glh.," Colo., July 22 (Washington, USNM 

 63790). 



Parat}^es: cf. Grand Canyon, 7,000 ft., Ariz., June 5, 1940, 

 R. M. Bohart (Townes). 2cf, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., 

 May 9, 1947, II. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, same data as type 

 (Townes). 9, Cheyenne Co., 3,600 ft., Ivans., F. X. Wilhams (Law- 

 rence), (f, Jemez Springs, N. Mex., July 21, 1921, J. P. Engelhardt 

 (Washington). cT, Farmington, Utah, June to July 1944, G. E. 

 Bohart (Townes). 



This species is known from western Nebraska, northern Utah, 

 and the Transition zone of New Mexico and Arizona. 



12. Lanugo sororia (Cresson), new combination 



Figures 329,h; 354; 355 



Cryptus sororius Cresson, 1872, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, p. 159; "c?"= 9 . 

 Lectotype: 9, Bosque Co., Tex. (Philadelphia). 



Male: Front wing 8.7 to 9.8 mm. long; pleural carina below basal 

 transverse carina of propodeum absent or weak and irregular; struc- 

 ture otherv/ise as in male of L. excincta. 



Fulvous. Front orbit and mandible yellowish; flagellum ^\'ith a 

 fulvous band covering about 5 segments, basad of the band fulvous 

 with its upper side fuscous, apicad of the band fuscous; cheek at upper 



