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pronotum extending from hind corner to in front of notaulus, and front 

 coxa, white; most of mesosternum, of lower half and sometimes 

 anterodorsal area on mesopleurum, more or less of lobe of mesoscutum, 

 and usually scutellum, fulvof erruginous ; trochanters white, the upper 

 side of first trochanter of middle and hind legs fulvous ; femora fulvous, 

 white at apex, the hind femur with a subapical infuscate band; front 

 tibia and tarsus whitish, with pale fulvous tinges; basal half of middle 

 tibia whitish with a faint subbasal infuscate band ; apical half of middle 

 tibia whitish above and below, the sides whitish basally and brownish 

 apically; basal 0.7 ± of hind tibia whitish above and below, somewhat 

 infuscate, more strongly infuscate at an incomplete subbasal band; 

 apical 0.3 ± of hind tibia infuscate, a little paler above and below; 

 middle and hind tarsi fuscous, the middle tarsus paler, their basitarsi 

 whitish at base. 



Female: Front wing 8.0 to 11.5 mm. long; clypeus without a median 

 apical tooth; prepectal carina moderately strong; first tergite about 

 1.30 as long as wide; second tergite about 1.16 as long as wide; tubercles 

 of third tergite rather convex, covered with rather coarse punctures 

 whose interspaces are about equal to their diameter; ovipositor sheath 

 about 1.50 as long as front wing. 



Black. Palpi, tegula, rather broad stripe on upper margin of 

 pronotum extending from hind corner to in front of notaulus, and 

 front coxa, white; mandible, clypeus, mesosternum, lower half of 

 mesopleurum, subtegular ridge, lateral lobe of mesoscutum, and 

 scutellum, often more or less tinged with ferruginous; middle and 

 hind coxae fulvous, the base of middle coxa whitish; front trochanters 

 white, tinged with fulvous behind; middle trochanters fulvous, the 

 second trochanter and apex of the first trochanter whitish in front and 

 below; hind trochanters fulvous, the second trochanter paler below; 

 femora fulvous, very pale at apex, the hind femur with a weak sub- 

 apical infuscation; front tibia fulvous, whitish in front; middle tibia 

 fulvous, brownish apically and in a subbasal ring; hind tibia brown, a 

 little darker apically and in a subbasal ring; front tarsus fulvous, 

 brownish apically; middle tarsus brown; hind tarsus dark brown. 



Specimens: 29, "Cerocarpus parvifolius," North Cheyenne Canyon, 

 Colo., June 7, 1915, George Hofer (Washington). 9, "hickory post," 

 Barnesville, Ga., Apr. 10, 1934, T. L. Bissel (Washington). 29, 

 "pecan post," Milner, Ga., Mar. 22, 1934, T. L. Bissel (Washington). 

 9, Douglas Co., Kans., October, E. S. Tucker (Washington), d\ Mayo, 

 Md., Oct. 27, 1945, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, Mayo Beach, 

 Md., Oct. 19, 1946, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, on Prunus 

 americana, Oxford, Miss., Mar. 24, 1949, H. V. Weems, Jr. (Washing- 

 ton). 29 (one of them the type), "Castanea dentata" Tryon, N. C. 

 W. F. Fiske (Washington). 9, Linglestown, Pa., July 24, 1913, 



