ICHNEUMON-FLIES — GELINAE: MESOSTENINI 385 



Head black and white, body fulvous or ferruginous and black and 

 white, their patterns as illustrated in figure 332, b; palpi fulvous to 

 ferruginous ; scape fulvous to ferruginous, more or less infuscate above; 

 pedicel and flagellum fuscous, the flagclluni with a white band (incom- 

 plete below) that covers about six segments; legs fulvous to ferruginous, 

 their fifth tarsal segments infuscate; wings faintly to distinctly 

 brownish, the apex of front and hind wings a little darker, the front 

 wing with a faint to distinct median brown band. 



This species occurs in Mexico and southeastern United States. 

 There are three subspecies, as keyed and described below: 



1. First tergite without a distinct apical wliitiah band, or with a very narrow 



one; metapleurum of male ferruginous; wrinkles on metapleurum of female 

 weaker; range: southern Florida .... 3c. macula ustulala, new subspecies 

 First tergite with an apical whitish band which is moderately widi; and verj' 

 distinct in female, rather indistinct in male; metapleurum of male stramineous 

 or fulvous; wrinkles on metapleurum of female strongcir 2 



2. Metapleurum of male fulvous; apical carina of female propodeum strong and 



complete between the propodeal teeth, the teeth about 0.7 as long as their 

 basal width; range: southeastern United States except southern Florida. 



3a. macula confcderata Cushman 



Metapleurum of male stramineous; apical carina of female projiodeum absent 



or weak between the propodeal teeth, the teeth about 1.2 as long as their 



basal width; range: Mexico 31). macula macula (Cameron) 



3a. Diapctimorpha macula confcderala Cushman, new status 



FiGuiiES 332,a,b 



Diapeiimorpha confederata Cushman, 1929, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 74, art. 

 16, p. 34; 9. Type: 9, Dallas, Tex. (Washington). 



Teeth on propodeum of female about 0.7 as long as their basal 

 width ; apical propodeal carina of female complete and strong between 

 the propodeal teeth. 



Ground color light fulvous, the pleura of male with some stramineous 

 tinges; apical third of male propodeum stramineous to fulvous; apical 

 0.25 lb of postpetiole whitish; wings of female very faintly brownish 

 and with faint, indistinct brownish markings. 



Specimens: 9, reared from Pilocrosis tripunctaria, Gainesville, Fla., 

 Henry A. Bess (Washington), cf, Oncco, Fla., Mar. 25, 1955, John 

 C. Martin (Ottawa). 9, Sanford, Fla., Sept. 7, 1927, W. E. Stone 

 (Washington). 9, Tampa, Fla., November 26, C. O. Bare (Wash- 

 ington). 4cr, 19, Tarpon Springs, Fla., Mar. 21, 1950, H. Townes 

 (Townes). 9, Dallas, Ga., July 23, 1944, P. W. Fattig (Washington). 

 9, Plummers Is., Md., October 1902, M. W. Lyon, Jr. (W^ashington). 

 22 cf, 99, McClellanville, S.C, May 13 to 19, 1944, H., M., and G. 

 Townes (Townes). 9, Austin, Tex., A. L. Melander (Moscow). 29, 

 Brazos Co., Tex., July 7 and 25, 1937, R. D. Strandtmann (Townes 



