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PART 3 



Figures 123, 124. — Localities: 123 (left), Trachysphyrus persimilis; 124 (right), T. 



minimus. 



marginally; wrinlding on propodeum coarse; transverse carinae of 

 propodeum moderately well separated; front tibia of female strongly 

 inflated; hind femur about 4.7 as long as deep; second recmTent vein 

 strongly sinuate; ovipositor sheath about 0.51 as long as front wing. 



Male: Black. Face, narrow orbit, front part of cheek, clypeus, 

 mandible, front of scape, tegula, upper margin of pronotum, sub- 

 tegular ridge, collar, lower end of propleurum, usually a spot on 

 scutellum, lower part of front and middle coxae, and under side of 

 front and middle fii-st trochanters, ivor}^; clypeal fovea fuscous; 

 a narrow fuscous stripe sometimes between clypeal fovea and antennal 

 socket; temple, metapleurum, and propodeum often partly fulvous; 

 palpi brownish fulvous ; second trochanters fulvous or partly infuscate, 

 the front and middle ones whitish below; front and middle legs 

 beyond trochanters fulvous, their femora and tibiae paler in front 

 and their fifth tarsal segments brown; hind femur and tibia fulvous, 

 the apex of tibia infuscate; hind tarsus brownish fulvous to fuscous, 

 paler at the joints; wings with a faint yellowish brown tinge; abdomen 

 fulvous, its first segment infuscate basally, the clasper and subgenital 

 plate fuscous. In one specimen from Manville, Wyoming, all the 

 abdominal tergites are largely infuscate. 



Female: Fulvous. Ocellar area, restricted areas near wing bases, 

 and sometimes parts of frons, coxae, trochanters, and sutural markings 

 on thorax, fuscous ; apex of hind tibia wealdy infuscate ; tarsi brownish 

 apically; wings with a yellowish bro^^m tinge. 



Specimens (6cf, 439): From Alberta (Edmonton, Gleichen, Leth- 

 bridge, Taber, and Waterton) ; Colorado (Denver, Florissant, Moffat 

 Co. at 6,000 to 7,000 ft., and Mount Harris); Idaho (Boise, Oakley, 

 Sublett, and Tuttle); Nevada (Red House Ranch in Eureka Co.); 

 New Mexico (Springer); North Dakota (Beach); Oregon (Enterprise 



