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Rhyssa persuasoria" mentioned in the original description and "rufous" 

 ground color point only to Megarhyssa macrurus and M. greenei. The 

 type may have come from anywhere in Georgia, but most likely from 

 the coastal area (Savannah?) , which was the most accessible part around 

 the year 1802. This would indicate that the subspecies was either 

 Megarhyssa macrurus macrurus or M. greenei floridana, with the 

 choice between the two rather arbitrary. The name georgicus is 

 hereby assigned to the synonymy of M. macrurus macrurus. 



Figures 192, 193. — Localities: 192 (left), Megarhyssa macrurus macrurus; 193 



(right), M. m. icterosticta. 



Specimens: cf, Enterprise, Fla., May 13 (Washington). 3cf, 

 Gainesville, Fla., July 11, 1922, F. W. Walker (Ann Arbor). 9, 

 Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 23, 1934, T. H. Hubbell (Ann Arbor). 9, 

 Ormond Beach, Fla., May 1956, R. O. Dall? (Washington). 2 cf , 9, 

 Torreya State Park, Liberty Co., Fla., June 23, 1956, Ted Colin (Ann 

 Arbor). 9, Savannah, Ga., Oct. 10, 1946, M. H. Mead (Ithaca). 

 9, New Orleans, La., F. O. Minor (Washington). 9, Dallas, Tex., 

 Boll (Cambridge). 9, Fort Davis, Tex., Oct. 7, 1930 (Ithaca). 

 29, Gillespie Co., Tex., June 14, 1934, J. N. Knull (Columbus). 

 9, Saldo Creek, Bexar Co., Tex., July 1, 1952 (Berkeley). 9, 63 

 miles west of Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 20, 1947, 

 Spieth (New York). 



This subspecies occurs in the Austroriparian fauna. 



4c. Megarhyssa macrurus icterosticta Michener 



Figures 318,g; 319,g 



Megarhyssa lunator icterosticta Michener, 1939, Pan-Pacific Ent., vol. 15, p. 130; 

 cf, ? . Type: 9 , Durango, Colo. (Washington). 



This is a distinctively colored subspecies, especially in the female. 

 In comparison with M. macrurus lunator, the ground color is a paler, 



