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areolet approximately as in C. chrysobothridis ; punctures on second 

 tergite separated by about 1.2 their diameter; ovipositor sheath about 

 0.65 as long as front wing. 



Black. Narrow front and hind orbits, clypeus except marginally, 

 labrum of male, spot near base of mandible, upper side of one to two 

 of the median flagellar segments of female, sometimes submedian 

 spot on collar, narrow stripe of variable extent on upper margin of 

 pronotum, sometimes spot on subtegular ridge, base of tegula, post- 

 scutellum, and under side of first front trochanter of male and often 

 also of female, white; labrum of female light brown; apex of first tro- 

 chanters and most or all of second trochanters ferruginous; femora 

 ferruginous; legs beyond femora dusky ferruginous, the last segment 

 of all tarsi fuscous, third and fourth segments of male hind tarsus 

 white, and third segment of female hind tarsus stramineous; wings 

 of male hyaline, of female weakly infuscate; abdomen ferruginous. 



Specimens: 9, Robson, B.C., June 19, 1940, H. R. Foxlee (St. 

 Paul). 9, Berkeley, Calif., Apr. 30, 1957, R. P. Allen (Berkeley). 

 cf , reared from Myrmex arizonicus, Cajon Canyon, Calif., April 1937 

 (Washington). cT, reared from Myrmex arizonicus in mistletoe, 

 Cajon Pass, San Bernardino Co., Calif., May 10, 1931 (Washington). 

 29, reared from Cupressus, Carson Ridge, Marin Co., Calif., Jan. 1, 

 1957, and Mar. 8, 1957, A. Chemsak (Berkeley). 9, reared from 

 buprestid borer in Malus, Chico, Calif., Feb. 15, 1912, J. R. Horton 

 (Washington). 9, Elk Grove, Calif., Sept. 24, 1948, H. A. Hunt 

 (Townes). d", Firebaugh, Calif., Apr. 22, 1948, Ray F. Smith 

 (Berkeley). 9, reared from Chrysobothris mali, Harold, Calif., Apr. 

 2, 1894, A. B. Eells (Washington), d', Isabel Creek on Mount 

 Hamilton, Calif., May 1, 1956, D. J. Burdick (Berkeley), d^, reared 

 from Agrilus angelicus, Laurel, Calif., May 5, 1917, H. E, Burke 

 (Washington). 4cf, Leevining, Calif., June 22, 1948, H., M., G., 

 and D. Townes (Townes). cf, 9, reared from Chrysobothris mali, 

 Los Gatos, Calif., May 23, 1918, R. D. Hartman (Townes and Wash- 

 ington), (f, reared from "Eriobotrya/^ Los Gatos, Calif., Oct. 29, 

 1918, H. E. Burke (Washington), d', Oakland Hills, Alameda Co., 

 Cahf., Apr. 8, 1940, W. F. Barr (Berkeley), d^, Rumsey, Cahf., 

 Apr. 11, 1947, C. G. Moore (Davis), d^, Shafter, Calif., May 25, 

 1937, G. L. Smith (Washington), cf , reared from Chrysobothris mali, 

 Simla Station, Calif., June 28, 1922, R. D. Hartman (Washington). 

 9, reared from Chrysobothris mali, Stanford University, Calif., May 

 15, 1922, H. E. Burke (Washington), d", 29, Stanford University, 

 Calif., Mar. 10 and 17, 1947 (Washington). 9, Trinity Co., Calif., 

 May 20, 1934, A. T. Cole (Davis). 9, Walter Square, Napa Co., 

 Calif., May 26, 1951, E. I. Schlinger (Townes). 9, Corvallis, Oreg., 

 April (Washington), d^, reared from stems of Agave, near Marfa, 



