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mandible at base; temple, as seen from above, rather strongly rounded ; 

 thorax and propodeum moderately stout; dorsomedial carinae of 

 propodeum strongly elevated, slightly divergent, extending from base 

 to apical 0.3; propodeum on sides with numerous, shallow, irregular 

 punctures, and above with similar but sparser punctures near base and 

 often more or less rugulose in region of apices of dorsal carinae ; hind 

 femur slender, 5.0 times as long as deep; abdomen moderately stout; 

 tergite 1 as broad as long, with few distinct punctures except at apex of 

 central area, sculpture on sides rather variable, usually very weak or 

 absent anteriorly and elsewhere weakly to rather strongly and verj* 

 irregularly rugulose; tergites 2-6 with crowded punctures except on 

 the very broad somewhat transstriate apices; sheath as long as 

 abdomen; ovipositor rather weakly compressed and with a distinct 

 nodus. 



Black. Clypeus, mandibles, and base of flagellum beneath, more 

 or less piceous; apical segments of flagellum usually brownish; maxil- 

 lary palpus sordid yellowish; labial palpus fuscous; hind angle of 

 pronotum sometimes very narrowly piceous; tegula pale yellowish; 

 wings somewhat tinged with brown ; stigma blackish with a yellowish 

 spot at base and apex; legs largely reddish; front coxa reddish brown 

 to blackish, at least at base; hind tibia dull reddish, more or less 

 suffused with fuscous, subbasally and at apex with indistinct fuscous 

 annuli that are interrupted beneath; hind tarsus reddish brown to 

 blackish, with first two segments paler at bases. 



Type: 9, Blackburn (near Ottawa), Ont., Sept. 16, 1946, G. S. 

 Walley (Ottawa, No. 6754 in Canadian National Collection). 



Paratypes (at Ottawa unless otherwise indicated): 3cf, 49, King 

 Salmon on Naknek River, Alaska, Aug. 3 to 23, 1952, J. H. Hartley 

 and W. R. Mason. 49, Mount McKinley at 1,600, 2,000, and 2,500 ft., 

 Alaska, Aug. 6 to 15, 1954, David Townes (Townes). cf, Summit 

 Lake at Isabella Pass, Alaska, July 9, 1951, W. R. Mason. 9, Banff, 

 Alta., May 7, 1948, E. H. Strickland (Townes). 9, Canmore, Alta., 

 Aug. 28, 195?, A. R. Brooks, lid 1 , 49, Elkwater Park Alta,, July 7 

 to 30, 1952, A. R. Brooks and L. A. Konotopetz. d\ 9, Fort Vermil- 

 lion, Alta., July 14 and 25, 1955. 9, Jasper at 6,670 ft., Alta., July 26, 

 1949, C. P. Alexander (Townes). 29, Mount Revelstoke at 5,400 and 

 5,800 ft., B. C, Aug. 10 and 12, 1952, G. J. Spencer, d\ 9, Pando, 

 Colo., Aug. 7, 1950, R. R. Dreisbach and R. K. Schwab (Dreisbach). 

 9, Fort Kent, Maine, Aug. 19, 1910 (Cambridge). 9, Orono, Maine, 

 Sept. 15, 1913, H. M. Parshley (Cambridge). 49, Campbellton, N. 

 B., Sept. 20 and 24, 1947, D. F. Hardwick, d\ Charlo, N. B., Aug. 

 24, 1954, D. R. Macdonald. cf, 9, Norman Wells, N. W. T., June 27 

 and 31, 1949, W. R. Mason, o*, 9, Reindeer Depot in Mackenzie 

 Delta, N. W. T., June 28, 1948, J. R. Vockeroth. 9, Yellowknife, 



