ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF AMERICA: 1. METOPIINAE 25 



upper tooth very little larger than its lower tooth, its outer face with 

 moderately coarse punctures; flagellum with about 36 segments in 

 male, with about 30 segments in female; upper 0.2 to 0.4 of meta- 

 pleurum with sparse hairs that arise from more distinct punctures 

 than in other Nearctic species of Chorinaeus; front spur of middle 

 tibia about 0.78 as long as hind spur; second segment of middle 

 tarsus about 1.8 as long as wide in male, about 1.35 as long as wide in 

 female; second tergite with a weak longitudinal carina just mesad of 

 its spiracle in its basal half, this carina almost obsolete in the female; 

 second tergite with close, moderate sized, very sharp punctures, in 

 the males also with a trace of longitudinal wrinkling; apex of penis 

 as in Chorinaeus funebris, without setae. 



Male: Black. Face, lower lateral corner of frons (truncate above 

 just below center of eye emargination) , cheek, clypeus, mouth parts, 

 spot on scape beneath, front and middle coxae except above, front 

 and middle trochanters, front side of front and middle tibiae, and 

 basal 0.2 of all tibiae, pale yellow; front and middle tarsi pale yellow, 

 brownish beyond the middle; front and middle tibiae brown behind; 

 front and middle femora ferruginous, pale yellow at apex; front and 

 middle coxae brownish or blackish basally and above; hind coxa 

 blackish; hind trochanters pale, the first trochanter blackish behind; 

 hind femur ferruginous, infuscate at apex; hind tibia ferruginous, 

 fuscuous dorsally, its basal 0.2 pale yellow and its spurs pale; hind 

 tarsus mostly infuscate; tegula yellow, brownish apicahy; flagellum 

 with reddish brown tinges below. 



Female: Black. Side of face, interantennal triangle, clypeus, and 

 mouth parts, pale yellow; apical part of mandible reddish brown; 

 tegula ferruginous with a small basal yellow spot; flagellum brown 

 beneath; legs ferruginous, the basal 0.2 of tibiae j^ellowish, hmd coxa 

 blackish except at apex, apex of hind femur and upper side of hind 

 tibia weakly infuscate (except on basal 0.2), and hind tarsus brown. 



Specimens: 29, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., Apr. 20 and 

 May 4, 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). d\ Santa Rita Mts., 

 Ariz., Apr. 25, 1940, P. W. Oman (Washington). d\ Felton, in the 

 Santa Cruz Mts. at 300 to 500 ft., Calif., May 20 to 25, 1907, J. C. 

 Bradley (Ithaca). 9&, 49, Leevining, Calif., June 21, 22, and 24, 

 1948, H., M., G., and D. Townes (Townes). d", near Sonora Pass, 

 8,000 ft., Calif., July 6, 1948, H., M., G., and D. Townes (Townes). 

 9 (type), Nevada (Philadelphia). d\ Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz., 

 June 19, 1949, D. G. Denning (Townes). 



This species is moderately common among semidesert shrubs of 

 Southwestern United States. Adults occur late in spring, before 

 development of the heat and drought of summer. 



