70 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 216 



3a. Metopius (Metopius) krombeini epixanthus, new subspecies 



Figure 183,e 



Black. Face except for a small median subdorsal spot, interantennal 

 process, side of frons, scape except above, under side of pedicel, palpi, 

 stripe along upper margin of pronotum, subtegular ridge, vertical 

 stripe under front end of subtegular ridge, often a small spot on 

 mesopleurum next to middle coxa, most of metapleurum, apical 0.3 

 and basolateral part of scutellum, postscutellum, spot at apex of sec- 

 ond lateral area of propodeum, front and middle legs except for base 

 of coxae, femora except apically, under side of tibiae toward apex, 

 under side and stripe on top front edge of hind coxa, hind trochanters, 

 apex of hind femur, extreme base of hind tibia, first tergite except basally, 

 apical 0.25 of second tergite, apical 0.35 to 0.8 of third tergite, apical 

 0.6 to 0.85 of fourth to sixth tergites, apical 0.8 of seventh tergite of 

 male, and male genitalia, yellow; cheek and clypeus black to fulvous 

 or yellow; antenna pale reddish brown basally, shading to dark brown 

 apically; tegula brown; front and middle legs fulvous except where 

 described as yellow; hind coxa and hind femur ferruginous to black 

 except where described as yellow; hind tibia yellowish basally, shading 

 to fuscous or brown apically; hind tarsus brown; wings tinged with 

 brown, the front half of front wing medium brown; thorax and basal 

 three abdominal tergites usually more or less fulvous where not 

 described as yellow, the fulvous area of variable extent. 



Type: 9, Boulder, Colo., June 28, 1933, M. and H. James (Wash- 

 ington, USNM 63614). 



Paratypes: a", Prescott, Ariz., July 6, 1937, D. J. and J. N. Knull 

 (Townes). 9, 6 miles north of Boulder, Colo., June 22, 1933 (Townes). 

 9, Eastland Co., Tex., May 10, 1921, Grace O. Wiley (St. Paul), tf 1 , 

 Leon Creek, Bexar Co., Tex., Oct. 11, 1952, B. J. Adelson (Berkeley). 

 The specimen from Leon Creek is somewhat intermediate to the sub- 

 species krombeini. 



This subspecies has been taken in Colorado, Texas, and Arizona. 



3b. Metopius (Metopius) krombeini krombeini, new subspecies 



Figure 183,f 



Black. Face except often for small median subdorsal spot, in- 

 terantennal process, side of frons, sometimes cheek and lateral corner 

 of clypeus, palpi, narrow stripe along front edge of pronotum, sub- 

 tegular ridge, usually narrow vertical stripe below front end of sub- 

 tegular ridge, sometimes small spot on mesopleurum near middle 

 coxa, large area on metapleurum, apex and basolateral corner of 

 scutellum, spot on postscutellum, spot at apex of second lateral area 

 of propodeum, apex of front and middle coxae, front and middle 



