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Paratypes: 6", 29, reared from Aneflomorpha? tunnels in Lycium 

 belandieri, Presidio, Tex., Feb. 15, 1954, J. H. Russell (Washington). 

 9, same data as type (Townes). 



2. Labena tinctipennis Rohwer 



Labena tinctipennis Rohwer, 1920, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 57, p. 409; 9 . 

 Type: ?, Webber Creek, Calif. (Washington). 



Front wing 10 to 16.5 mm. long; temple rather weakly convex, in 

 profile at its midheight about 0.9 as long as eye; punctures of thorax 

 moderately fine, in most places separated by about twice their diame- 

 ter; apex of comb on under side of last segment of front tarsus of male 

 obliquely truncate at an angle about 30° from the transverse. 



Male: Head yellow, its upper half fulvous behind the eyes and a 

 narrow brown stripe connecting the tops of the eyes; mouth parts 

 yellow, the mandible fulvous apically; flagellum black, often with a 

 broad postmedian red-brown band; thorax fulvous, the propleurum, 

 mesosternum, and lower part of mesopleurum yellow, the pronotum, 

 remainder of mesopleurum, and tegula tinged with a variable amount 

 of yellow; many of thoracic sutures narrowly lined with black; wings 

 suffused with reddish brown, the apex of front wing a little darker; 

 front and middle legs yellow, with some fulvous tinges; hind legs 

 fulvous; abdomen fulvous. 



Female: Fulvoferruginous. Lower part of head, mouth parts, and 

 lower front part of thorax tinged with yellow; flagellum yellowish, 

 fulvous basally and its apical 0.16± blackish; wings suffused with 

 reddish brown, the apex of front wing darker; ovipositor sheath pale 

 fulvous, its apical 0.3 ± blackish. 



Specimens (33 cf, 169): From Arizona (Oak Creek Canyon); British 

 Columbia (Robson); California (Big Pine Creek in Inyo Co. at 7,500 

 ft., Boulevard, Camino, Crystal Lake in Los Angeles Co. at 4,700 ft., 

 Fish Camp, Hat Creek, Jamesburg in the Santa Lucia Mts. of Mon- 

 terey Co., Keen Camp in the San Jacinto Mts., "Onion Valley," 

 Placerville, Pot Spring in Shasta Co., Sierra ville, Soquel, Tanbark 

 Flat in Los Angeles Co., and Winters); and Washington Territory. 



All dates of collection are from June 7 to July 30, except for one of 

 May 17 at Keen Camp in the San Jacinto Mts., Riverside Co., Calif, 

 and another of May 18 at Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz. 



This species occurs from British Columbia to California and Arizona 

 It is adult mostly in June and July. 



3. Tribe Labiini 



Front wing 3.3 to 9.5 mm. long; apical margin of clypeus truncate 

 or a little concave, exposing most of labrum; flagellum faintly to 

 strongly enlarged apically, rather stiff; thorax short to elongate, 



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