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4a. Theronia bicincta bicincta (Cresson) 



Pimpla bicincta Cresson, 1865, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 38; 9 • 

 Type: 9 , Cuba (Philadelphia). 



First three tergites reddish brown, the apical 0.4 ± of the first two 

 tergites yellow; hind coxa ferruginous, above with a yellow or yellow- 

 ish area. 



Specimens (5cf, 39): From Cuba. 



4b. Theronia bicincta floridana, new subspecies 



First three tergites light reddish brown, their apical 0.6 ± yellow; 

 hind coxa ferruginous, its upper part yellow. 



Type: 9, Tarpon Springs, Fla., Mar. 21, 1950, H. Townes (Wash- 

 ington, USNM 63716). 



Paratypes (26 cf, 209): From Florida (Anastasia Island near St. 

 Augustine, Archbold Biological Station at Lake Placid, Brooksville, 

 Elfers, Fort Ogden, Gainesville, La Belle, Larkins in Dade Co., 

 Matheson Hammock near Miami, Mayport, Paradise Key, South 

 Miami, Tarpon Springs, and Yankeetown); and Georgia (St. Simons 

 Island) . 



Most of the above specimens were taken in March and April. A 

 few were taken in December, January, and February. 



The only reared material of this species is a series of four dwarf 

 males reared from Tromatobia rufopectus cocoons in the egg sac of a 

 spider (Argiope aurantia) at Gainesville, Fla., February 1925, by 

 W. A. Murrill. 



This subspecies occurs in Florida and the subtropical part of Georgia. 



2. Genus Delomerista 



Figure 300,a 



Delomerista Foerster, 1868, Verh. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, vol. 25, p. 164. Type: 

 Pimpla mandibularis Gravenhorst; included and designated by Schmiede- 

 knecht, 1888. 



Front wing 5 to 10.5 mm. long; body form rather slender; apex of 

 clypeus with a median notch, without a median point; propodeal 

 carinae rather weak; tarsal claws simple, of moderate size, without an 

 enlarged bristle with a spatulate tip; nervellus broken at or below the 

 middle; abdomen strongly mat, its hairs rather dense, ovipositor 

 moderately compressed, its apex not sinuate, its sheath usually about 

 0.45 as long as front wing but of variable length. 



The Genus Delomerista 

 By Ltjella M. Walklet 2 



1 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, TJ. S. Department of Agriculture. 



