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Figures 152-154. — Localities: 152 (left), Compsocryptus calipterus calipterus; 153 (center), 



C. c. bremcornis; 154 (right), C. aridus. 



about 3.8 as long as wide; widest subapical segments of flagellum 

 about 0.70 as long as wide; punctures on mesopleurum of moderate 

 size, separated by about 0.7 their diameter but partly confluent with 

 longitudinal wrinklmg; basal transverse carina of propodeum com- 

 plete, sharp throughout its length; apical transverse carina of pro- 

 podeum rather strong, interrupted medially; hind femur about 4.8 

 as long as deep ; hairs on second tergite sparse, their sockets separated 

 by about 1.8 the length of the hairs, on basal and lateral parts of the 

 tergite somewhat denser; ovipositor sheath about 0.70 as long as 

 front wing; ovipositor about 6.1 as long from nodus to apex as it is 

 deep at nodus. 



Fulvoferruginous. Very narrow area along some of thoracic 

 sutures and a pair of broadly transverse spots on basal 0.2 of third 

 tergite black; flagellum with a broad, indistinct median yellowish 

 band, its apical 0.45 ± fuscous; wings bro\vnish yellow marked with 

 dark brown, the pattern of the front wing as in figure 361. 



Type: ?, Boise, Idaho, 2,692 ft.. May 13, 1934, R. E. Miller 

 (Washington, USNM 63793). 



Paratypes (10 cf, 139): From Arizona (Willcox); California (Dos 

 Palos, Millbrae, and San Diego) ; Colorado (Grand Junction at 4,500 

 ft.) ; Idaho (Boise at 2,692 ft,); Nevada (15 miles southwest of Current 

 in Nye Co., Fallon at 4,000 ft., and 10 miles east of Fernley); New 

 Mexico; Utah (Eureka, Des[ert] Range Experiment Station at Mil- 

 ford, and Uintah Co.); and Wyoming (Green River at 6,100 ft. and 

 Medicme Bow at 6,600 ft.). 



Most dates of collection are from May 24 to August 3. Those out- 

 side of this range are: April 19 at Willcox, Ariz.; May 2 at San Diego, 

 Calif.; May 13 at Boise, Idaho; August 7 at Dos Palos, Calif.; and Sep- 

 tember 1 at Millbrae, Calif. 



