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Key to the Nearctic species of Brachycyrtus 



1. Thorax fulvous with white markings; areola separated from petiolar area; hind 

 leg marked as in figure 327,k; propodeum with pubescence dense, whitish. 



1. pretiosus Cushman 

 Thorax blackish with pale yellow markings; areola confluent with petiolar area; 

 hind leg marked as in figure 327, j; propodeum with pubescence not dense. 



2. ornatus Kriechbaumer 



1. Brachycyrtus pretiosus Cushnian 



Figure 327,k 



Brachycyrtus pretiosus Cushman, 1936, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 84, p. 19; cf, 9 . 



Type: ? , Hillsboro Co., Fla. (Washington). 

 Taxonomy: Walkley, 1956, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 106, p. 324. 



Front wing about 3.5 mm. long. The characters in the key and the 

 figure of the color pattern of the hind leg should make this species easy 

 to distinguish. Cushman (loc. cit.) has given a full description and 

 Walkley (loc. cit.) descriptive notes. 



Specimens: d\ Hillsboro Co., Fla., Jan. 18, 1930, B. P. Moora 

 (Washington). 9, Lake Co., Fla., July 15, 1929, W. A. Hiers (Wash- 

 ington). 9, Osceola Co., Fla., Aug. 7, 1929, J. J. Kirkland (Washing- 

 ton). 9, Paradise Key, Fla., Apr. 7, 1951, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). d\ Pinellas Co., Fla., Mar. 8, 1930, B. P. Moora (Wash- 

 ington). Specimen lacking abdomen, Pinellas Co., Fla., February 

 1929, B. P. Moora (Washington). 2cf, 19, reared from pupae of 

 Chrysopa lateralis, Sloans Grove, Tampa, Fla., June 3, 1952, Fisher 

 (Washington). 



This species is restricted to Florida. 



Figure 260, 261.- 



-Localities: 260 (left), Brachycyrtus pretiosus; 261 (right), 

 B. ornatus. 



