ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF AMERICA: 1. METOPIINAE 89 



upper side of front and middle tibiae of female, much of front and 

 middle tarsi of female, apical and dorsal spots on hind coxa of male, 

 hind trochanters, dorsal edge and outer half of hind femur of male, 

 hind tibia and tarsus of male, dorsobasal stripe on hind tibia of female, 

 first tergite except for base, apical 0.8 to 0.9 of second tergite, apical 

 0.7 to 0.8 of third tergite, apical 0.6 to 0.7 of fourth through sixth 

 tergites and of seventh tergite of male, and male genitalia, 3 r ellow; 

 flagellum and mouth parts brownish ferruginous except where de- 

 scribed as yellow; wings light brown, the front wing beyond the 

 areolet mostly subhyaline. 



The coloration above represents the specimens other than the male 

 lectotype. In the lectotype, the yellow triangle on the anterior end 

 of the notaulus is prolonged backward as a narrow line, to reach a 

 yellow quadrate spot on center of mesoscutum. The legs are yellow 

 and fulvous rather than yellow and ferruginous or blackish. This 

 lectotype is from Texas rather than from California or Arizona as 

 are most of the rest of the specimens. The female para type described 

 by Brues is not birkmani but a different species, probably M. pectoralis. 



Specimens: 9, Tuscon, Ariz., Oct. 12, 1927, J. M. Braezeale (Wash- 

 ington), cf, Tucson, Ariz., October 1926, C. A. Catlin (Washington), 

 cf, Phoenix, Ariz., W. W. Jones (Townes). d\ near Alcardo, Kern 

 Co., Calif., Sept. 8, 1947 (Townes). 9, Cabazon, Calif., Nov. 7, 1934, 

 A. L. Melander (Cambridge). 9, Indio, Calif., Nov. 1, 1953, J. C. 

 Hall (Davis). 3 cf , Whitewater, Calif., Oct. 27, 1934, A. L. Melander 

 (Cambridge). 9, Dallas, Tex., Sept. 19, 1905, C. R. Jones (Wash- 

 ington), cf , W. W. Jones (Townes). c? (lectotype), Lee Co., Tex., 

 Oct. 2, 1905, G. Birkman (Milwaukee). 



This is a species of the Southwest. Adults occur in fall. 



10. Metopius (Cultrarius) secundus, new species 



Figure 185, b 



Female type: Front wing 8 mm. long; facial shield 1.2 as high as 

 wide, without a median carina, with rather dense fine punctures and 

 very sparse large punctures; clypeus with a weak median vertical 

 carina arising from basal point of facial shield (this lacking in the other 

 species of the subgenus); wider segments of flagellum about 3.0 as 

 wide as long; galea and glossa as in M. ultimatus: second segment of 

 maxillary palpus pyriform but a little flattened and asymmetric, 

 about 2.3 as long as wide; punctures on mesopleurum and meta- 

 pleurum rather coarse, their interspaces about 0.7 the punctural 

 diameter; prepectal carina crossing sternaulus but absent more 

 dorsad; claws of front and middle tarsi pectinate on their basal 0.3 ± ; 



