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Sept. 9, 1912, J. C. Bridwell (Washington). 2 tf 1 , 1 9, Kearney, N. J., 

 Aug. 2 and 31, 1933 and Sept. 5, 1933, M. A. Cazier (New York). d\ 

 Moorestown, N. J., Sept. 26, 1924, J. B. Cronin (Washington), d", 

 Towaco, N. J., Sept. 3, 1936, M. A. Cazier (New York). 9, Columbus, 

 Ohio, September, J. C. Bridwell (Washington). d\ Franklin Co., 

 Ohio, Sept. 3, 1942, R. Strandtmann (Townes). 9, Dallas, Tex., 

 Oct. 31, 1937 (Madison). 29, on Aster, Hopkins Co., Tex., Sept. 22, 

 1939 (Townes). 9, Piano, Tex., October 1907, E. S. Tucker (Wash- 

 ington). & , 29, Victoria, Tex., Oct. 14, 1900, J. D. Mitchell (Wash- 

 ington). 9, on flowers of Solidago, Bolivar, W. Va., Sept. 25, 1942, 

 H. Townes (Townes). d\ 9, no data (Washington). 



This species occurs in the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas. 

 Adults have been collected on flowers of Solidago and of Aster in 

 early fall. 



9. Metopius (Cultrarius) birkmani Brues, new combination 



Figure 185,a 



Metopius birkmani Brues, 1907, Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 5, p. 56; 

 cf ( 9 misdetermined). Lectotype (hereby selected): <?, Lee Co., Tex., 

 Oct. 2, 1905 (Milwaukee). 



Front wing 7 to 8.5 mm. long; facial shield about 1.4 as high as wide, 

 with a strong median longitudinal carina, with coarse punctures of 

 variable size, the interspaces about 0.8 the punctural diameter; wider 

 segments of flagellum about 2.0 as wide as long; galea and glossa as 

 in M. ultimatus; second segment of maxillary palpus swollen and 

 slightly flattened, about 0.3 as long as wide in male, about 1.7 as long 

 as wide in female; mesopleurum and metapleurum with medium sized 

 to coarse punctures, the punctures sparse, very sparse, or almost 

 lacking, particularly on disc of metapleurum; prepectal carina com- 

 plete; areolet about 2.0 as wide as length of second recurrent vein; 

 claws of front and middle tarsi pectinate on their basal 0.3 to 0.5. 



Black, the black on the body and legs, especially on the legs, often 

 tinged with or replaced by ferruginous. Face except sometimes for 

 fuscous streaks along median carina in female, interantennal process, 

 side of frons, cheek, labrum, much of mandible, first and second seg- 

 ments of maxillary palpus, basal part of galea, scape and pedicel 

 except above, much of propleurum, broad stripe on upper margin of 

 pronotum, large triangle on mesoscutum at front end of notaulus, 

 large spot on tegula, large oblong spot on upper anterior part of 

 mesopleurum, longitudinal stripe below sternaulus, scutellum, post- 

 scutellum, metapleurum except marginally, spot on apex of area 

 dentipara, front and middle legs of male except base of coxae and 

 stripe on hind side of femora, apex of front and middle coxae of female 

 in front, front side of trochanter of front and middle legs of female, 



