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but a little slower than the males. The sting of this species is mod- 

 erately severe and of long duration. One sting received by the senior 

 author was still painful on the night of the third day. 



This species occurs in the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas. 



2. Cryptanura septentrionalis Cushman 



Figure 336,g 



Cryptanura septentrionalis Cushman, 1945, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 96, p. 156; 

 9. Type: ?, Cleveland, Ohio (Washington). 



Front wing 7.4 to 10.5 mm. long; frontal horns very small, separated 

 at base; second tergite mat, subpolished at base and apex, its punc- 

 tures of moderate size, sharp, separated by about their diameter. 



Male: Coloration similar to that of female. 



Female: Black. Head, thorax, hind coxa and abdomen marked 

 with white as in figure 336,g; scape white in front; flagellum with a 

 broad white band; mesoscutum with a median, subcircular, white spot; 

 front and middle coxae white, their bases and a small apical external 

 spot fuscous ; front and middle trochanters whitish, the fu'st trochanters 

 with a brownish stripe above; hind first trochanter fuscous, whitish 

 apically; hind second trochanter mostly whitish; legs beyond tro- 

 chanters fulvous, the last segment of tarsi brown. 



Specimens: cf , Washington, D.C., June 10, 1948, David Shappirio 

 (Patuxent). 9, Jennings, La., October-December 1906, A. A. 

 Hamraar (Ithaca). 9, Atherton, Mo., June (Cambridge). 9, St. 

 Louis, Mo., June 29, 1938 (Washington). 9, New York (New York). 

 9, Rockaway Beach, Long Island, N.Y., J. Bequaert collection (Cam- 

 bridge). 9, Sea Cliff, Long Island, N.Y. (Ithaca). 9, Wake Co., 

 N.C., July 1, 1951, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, Montgomery 

 Co., Ohio, Aug. 4, 1943, F. D. De Gant (Colmnbus). 9, Summit Co., 

 Ohio, July 26, 1934, Louis J. Lipovsky (Lawrence). 9, Allegheny Co., 

 Pa. (Pittsburgh). 9, Greenville, S.C, Sept. 3, 1955, L. and G. 

 Townes (Townes). 6" , Cades Grove, Smoky Mts., Tenn., May 28, 

 1950, D. W. Pfitzer (Ottawa). 9, Dayton, Va., Sept. 5, 1931 (Pitts- 

 burgh). 9, no data (Washington). 



This species occurs in the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas. 



3. Cryptanura compacta (Cresson) 



Figure 337,a 



Mesostenus (Mesostenus) compactus Cresson, 1873, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 1873, p. 153; 9 . Type: 9 , Orizaba, Mexico (Philadelphia). 



Cryptanura planiscutellata Cushman, 1945, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 96, pp. 152, 

 175; 9 . Type: 9, Puerto Castilla, Honduras (Washington). 



Male: Unknown. 



Female : Front wing 8 to 9 mm. long; frontal horns small, on summit 



