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with whitish in front; front and middle tibiae and tarsi whitish 

 stramineous, the tibiae pale fulvous below, the apex of first three 

 segments and all of last two segments of middle tarsus fulvous; hind 

 femur fulvous, its apex white, a narrow pale fuhous stripe extending 

 basad from apex along upper edge; hind tibia white, with a small brown 

 subbasal spot on front side and its apex rather narrowly fuscous 

 brown, the apical dark band extended a little basad on front side; 

 first three segments of hind tarsus stramineous, their apex broadly- 

 fuscous brown ; last two segments of hind tarsus fuscous brown, a little 

 paler at base. 



A male from Lower Tonsina, Alaska, is essentially similar but with 

 more intensive and extensive dark markings on the legs. This one 

 has the hind coxa apically a little infuscate and the hind femur chestnut 

 brown. 



Female: Black. Apical two-thirds of clypeus dark reddish brown; 

 palpi stramineous or pale brown; tegula and hind corner of pronotum 

 white; scutellum usually more or less fulvous; mesoscutum and 

 mesopleurum sometimes more or less fulvous; coxae fulvous ; first 

 trochanters fulvous, whitish at apex, often a little darkened or in- 

 fuscate basally, especially the hind first trochanter; second trochanter 

 mostly whitish; femora fulvous, a little paler at apex, the hind femur 

 sometimes brownish fulvous to chestnut brown, in which case the 

 upper margin near apex is paler; front tibia and tarsus fulvous; middle 

 tibia fulvous, its upper face mostly whitish, and with a faint, narrow, 

 brownish subbasal band; first three segments of middle tarsus stramin- 

 eous, their apex brown; last two segments of middle tarsus brown; 

 hind tibia brown, whitish above from base almost to apex except for 

 a narrow subbasal brown interruption; first segment of hind tarsus 

 stramineous, its apex broadly fuscous; second to fifth segments of hind 

 tarsus fuscous, paler at base. 



We studied the type of bruneti, at Quebec, in 1941. At that time, 

 however, we did not know the distinction between the species limata 

 and tuberosa, so our notes are of little value. In 1958 we tried to get 

 additional information on the type, but it could not be found. 

 The original description fits the present species better in the color of 

 the hind tibia but fits limata better in "les trochantins blanc." We 

 assign the name bruneti to the present form, unless rediscovery of the 

 type shows this to be an error. 



Specimens: d\ Lower Tonsina, Alaska, Aug. 21, 1953, W. C. 

 Frohne (Washington). 9, Cultus Lake, B. C, Oct. 22, 1938, J. K. 

 Jacob (Ottawa). 9, Robson, B. C, Sept. 14, 1938, H. R. Foxlee 

 (Townes). tf, Redwood Meadows, Tulare Co., Calif., Aug. 3, 1915 

 (Ithaca). 9 (type of elongata), Mount Washington, N. H. (Wash- 

 ington). 9, Greene Co., N. Y., August (Pittsburgh). 9, Knowlton, 



