ICHNEUMON-FLIES — GELINAE : MESOSTENINI 269 



the deepest thoracic sutures wealdy mfuscate but thorax otherwise 

 uniformly fulvous; wings yellow, the front wing banded with brown 

 as in figure 347, the apex of hind wing brownish; basal 0.2 ± of third 

 tergite usually infuscate, especially sublaterally. 



Type: 9, Death VaUey, Calif., April 1891, "K" (Washmgton, 

 USNM 63788). 



Paratypes: 9, Canyon Lake on Apache Trail, Ariz., Apr. 16, 1947, 

 H. and M. Townes (Townes). cT, Chiricahua Mts., Ariz., July 16, 

 1959, D. J. and J. N. Knull (Columbus). 9, Dripping Springs, Or- 

 gan Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ariz., April 10, 1953, A. and H. 

 Dietrich (Ithaca). 9, Florence, Ariz., June 11, 1892 (Washington). 

 9, near Roosevelt Lake, Ariz., Apr. 17, 1947, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). cf', Dry Canyon Sands Ranch at southeast end of Whet- 

 stone Mts., Cochise Co., Ariz., Aug. 10, 1952, H. B. Leech and J. W. 

 Green (San Francisco). 9, Borrego in San Diego Co., Calif., Apr. 9. 

 1941, R. M. Bohart (Townes). 9, Cronise Valley in San Bernardino 

 Co., Cahf., Apr. 29, 1956, J. Powell (Berkeley). 9, same data as type 

 (Washington). 49, Death Valley, Calif., Apr. 28, 1950, D. Davis 

 (Berkeley and Townes). 6^, 9, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Calif., 

 Apr. 27, 1956, R. M. Bohart (Davis). 9, Furnace Creek, Death Val- 

 ley, Calif., Apr. 6, 1936, II. Hultgren (San Francisco). 9, Furnace 

 Creek, Death Valley, Calif., Apr. 8, 1939 (Townes). cf , reared from 

 a parasite of a saw fly on Pinus, Glendale, Calif., Aug. 7, 1948, E. I. 

 SchUnger (Townes). d". Mount Diablo, Calif., Apr. 23, 1939, E. C. 

 Van D^^ke (San Francisco). 9, Oro Grande, Calif., June 8, 1948, 

 D. J. and J. N. Kjiull (Columbus). 9, St. George, Utah, June 15, 

 1930, E. W. Davis (Washington). 



This species ranges from southern Utah and central California 

 southward to the Mexican border. It occurs in desert or semidesert 

 habitats. 



7. Lanugo longurius, new species 



Figures 329,e; 348 



Male: Unknown. 



Female type: Front wing 8.7 mm. long; hypostomal carina distad 

 of occipital carina moderately high, 0.62 as long as basal width of 

 mandible, its apex not projecting beyond lower articulation of mandi- 

 ble ; epomia 0.36 as long as height of pronotum ; front edge of pronotum 

 at its lower 0.35 wealdy ciu-ved; mesoscutum mat, its punctures very 

 small, weak, separated by about 0.3 their diameter; notaulus rather 

 sharp, extending 0.33 the distance to scutellum; apical transverse 

 carina of propodeum sharp, obsolete near pleural carina, sublaterally 

 making a distinct crest; second tergite strongly mat, with fine adjacent 

 punctures; ovipositor tip as in figure 329, e, the upper valve beyond 

 nodus not tapered until near point, then abruptly narrowed. 



