ICHNEUMON-FLIES — GELINAE : MESOSTENINI 343 



2a. Trychosis siniilis badiarmus, new subspecies 



Male: Palpi white, their basal and apical segments stramineous to 

 fuscous, the second and third segments of labial palpus sometimes 

 partly or entkely fuscous; tegula fulvous to brown, sometimes partly 

 white but always less than half white ; front and middle tibiae fulvous, 

 often with a narrow white dorsal stripe, the stripe when present 

 usually incomplete; basal 0.2 ± of hind basitarsus rarely infuscate; 

 apical segments of abdomen sometimes wealdy infuscate. Colored 

 other\^dse as in male of the subspecies similis. 



Female: Similar to female of the subspecies similis except that 

 segments 2-4 of hind tarsus are brown, not distinctly paler or only a 

 little paler than the general color of the first tarsal segment. This 

 difference is not a sharp one. The subspecies is more easily dis- 

 tinguished in the male. 



Type: d', Ithaca, N.Y., May 25, 1939, H. K. Townes (Washington, 

 USNM 63804). 



Paratypes (75 cf, 539): From Connecticut (East Hartford, Ljrme, 

 and New Haven) ; Maine (Lincoln Co.) ; Maryland (Bowie, Patiixent 

 Refuge near Bowie, Plmnmers Island, and Takoma Park) ; Massa- 

 chusetts (Cohasset, Holliston, IMilton, and Nantucket) ; Michigan 

 (Ann Arbor, Clare Co., Dicldnson Co., East Lansing, Genesee Co., 

 Gladwin Co., Gratiot Co., Grosse Be, Hm-on Co., Isabella Co., Kent 

 Co., Livingston Co., Mecosta Co., Midland Co., Monroe Co., 

 Muskegon Co., Newaj^go Co., Saginaw Co., Van Buren Co., and 

 Wayne Co.); Minnesota (FiUmore Co., Houston Co., and St. Paul); 

 Nebraska (FontineUe Forest in Omaha); New Hampshire (South 

 Hampton) ; New Jersey (Alpine, Mooresto^vn, and Morris C©.) ; New 

 York (Cold Spring Harbor, Farmingdale, New Rochelle, SLx Mile 

 Creek in Ithaca, and Yonkers) ; Nova Scotia (Baddeck on Cape 

 Breton) ; Ohio (Ashland Co., Barberton, Clifton, Columbus, Fairfield 

 Co., Hocking Co., Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, and Sandusky); 

 Ontario (Bells Corners, Merivale, and Ottawa) ; Pennsylvania (Ingle- 

 nook, North East, Philadelphia, and Spring Brook) ; Quebec (Aylmer) ; 

 Rhode Island (Beach Pond and Westerly); Texas; Virginia (Falls 

 Church and Warrenton) ; and Wisconsin (Boscobel, Door Co., and 

 Madison) . 



Most collection dates are in June and early July but many are in 

 the last days of May and as late as August. The earliest and latest 

 records are: May 6 in Morris Co., N.J. ; May 23 to 24, and 29 in Houston 

 Co., Minn.; May 23 at Bowie, Md.; May 25 at Ithaca, N.Y.; May 27 

 at Ann Arbor, Mich.; August 7 in Gratiot Co., Mich.; August 11 in 

 Door Co., Wis.; August 17 at Sandusky, Ohio; August 23 at Ottawa, 

 Ont.; and August 30 in Midland Co., Mich. 



This subspecies occurs in the Alleghanian and Carolinian faunas. 



