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(St. Paul). 9, Halifax, N.S., July 7, 1915, J. Perrin (Ottawa). 9, 

 Bathurst, N.B., June 21, J. N. Knull (Ottawa). 9, Laurel Lake, near 

 Jacksonville, Vt., June 25, 1935, H. D. Pratt (Townes). 9, Ti'out 

 Lake Nursery, Vilas Co., Wis., June 20, 1950, R. D. Shenefelt 

 (Madison). 



Specimens, excluding the five above (5 6^, 269): From Maine (Bar 

 Harbor and Kokadjo) ; Michigan (Douglas Lake and Whitefish Point) ; 

 Minnesota (Itasca Park); New Brunswick (Bathurst); New Hamp- 

 shire (Franconia, Mount Washington, and Squam Lake) ; New York 

 (Cranberry Lake and Indian Falls on Mount Marcy); Nova Scotia 

 (Halifax) ; Ontario (Smoky FaUs on Mattagami River and Sudbury) ; 

 Quebec (Aylmer, Berthier, Gaspe, Knob Lake at 54°47' N. 66°47' W., 

 Levis, Montreal, Nominingue, Perce, and Sherbrooke) ; and Vermont 

 (Lam-el Lake near Jacksonville) . 



Collection dates are mostly in June and early July. The earliest 

 and latest dates are: May 29 at Berthier, Que.; May 30 in Itasca 

 Park, Minn.; June 5 and 7 at Laurel Lake, near Jacksonville, Vt.; 

 June 6 at Levis, Que.; July 13 at Gaspe, Que.; July 17 at Knob Lake, 

 Que.; and July 21 at Bathurst, N.B. 



This subspecies ranges from the Atlantic Ocean to Minnesota, in 

 the Canadian zone. 



Ic. Echthrus abdominalis dimidiatus, new subspecies 



Male: Colored like male of subspecies abdominalis, or like males of 

 subspecies vancouverensis with blackish abdomen. 



Female: Black. Cheek partly stramineous, at least next to man- 

 dible; palpi and legs fulvous; scape piceous to black; flagellum with 

 white band, complete or incomplete, covering about 3 segments; tegula 

 brown; wings with a light brown tinge; abdomen fuscous, the second 

 tergite and more or less of adjacent parts of first and third tergites 

 dusky fulvous. 



Type: 9, Berkeley, Calif., May 12, 1912 (Washington, USNM 

 63832). 



Paratypes: d' , Berkeley, Calif., April 1935 (Townes). 9, Berkeley, 

 Calif., May 6, 1957 (Davis). 9, Inverness, Calif., May 22, 1910, 

 E. C. Van Dyke (Townes). 9, Mill Valley, Marin Co., Cahf., June 

 11, 1949, A. Hartel (Berkeley). 9, reared from cerambycid in ma- 

 drone, Mount Tamalpais, Marin Co., Calif., Apr. 3, 1914, E. C. Van 

 Dyke (Berkeley), cf. Mount Tamalpais, Marin Co., Cahf., May 7, 

 1911, E. C. Van Dyke (San Francisco), cf , Richmond, Calif., Mar. 

 4, 1948, N. D. Waters (Moscow). 



This subspecies occurs in the vicinity of San Francisco, Cahf. 



