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This subspecies ranges from southern British Columbia to southern 



CaKfornia, eastward to Utah. It is the dominant form in Oregon and 



Cahfornia. 



35. Trachysphyriis rugifrons, new species 



Front wing 7.3 to 9.0 mm. long. Structure similar to that of T. 

 albitarsis except that transverse ^vrinkling on lower half of frons is 

 coarse and strong, punctation of thorax is a little finer and weaker, 

 and that tergites are subpohshed, only weakly mat. 



Male : Black. Orbits broadly white on face, less broadly white on 

 frons; narrow orbital stripe at top of eye, another on temple, spot 

 on center of face, clypeus except marginally, mandible, spot on front 

 of scape, short mark on collar, small mark at lower end of epomia, hind 

 corner of pronotum, subtegular ridge, and under side of front and 

 middle coxae and first trochanters, white; palpi fulvous and whitish; 

 tegula white, its apex fulvous or brown; second trochanters variously 

 fulvous, fuscous, and white; front and middle legs beyond trochanters 

 fulvous, their tibiae and basal tarsal segments often mth narrow 

 whitish markings above, the apex of tarsi brownish fulvous; hind 

 femur f ulvof erruginous ; hind tibia and tarsus fulvous brown, the 

 apical 0.4 of the first tarsal segment and all of segments 2-4 whitish; 

 wings subhyaline; abdomen red, the clasper and subgenital plate 

 fuscous, the seventh tergite infuscate apically. 



Female: Black. Orbital stripe in front and behind, center of 

 clypeus, and front edge of mandible, whitish; palpi fuscous; subtegular 

 ridge ferruginous; second trochanters fuscous and ferruginous; legs 

 beyond trochanters ferruginous, their tibiae and tarsi a little dar- 

 kened and the front and middle femora often with fuscous striping; 

 wings fuscous; abdomen red. 



Type: 6^, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., May 7, 1947, H. and 

 M. Townes (Washington, USNM 63784). 



Parat>T)es: 9, Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz., May 18, 1947, H. and M. 

 Townes (Townes). 8&, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., May 4, 

 7, and 9, 1947, H. and M. Townes (To^vnes). d^, Workm^an Creek, 

 Sierra Ancha, Ariz., May 6, 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, 

 Camp Baldy, Los Angeles Co., Calif., June 26, 1950, H. F. Robinson 

 (Davis). 9, Crystal Lake, Los Angeles Co., Calif., June 29, 1950, 

 P. D. Hurd (Townes). d^, Lakeport, Calif., June 20, 1957, S. M. 

 Fidel (Davis). cT, Strawberry, Tuolumne Co., Calif., June 17, 1957, 

 John M. Burns (Berkeley). 



This species occurs in California and Arizona, in the damper parts 

 of the Transition zone. 



