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as wide; punctures on second abdominal tergite very small, weak, 

 medially sparse or absent, sublaterally separated by about 2.5 their 

 diameter; clasper rather broad, moderately hairy, tapered obliquely 

 from below to a rather sharp apex. 



Figures 139, 140. — Localities: 139 (left), Exochus genitalis; 140 (right), E. peroniae. 



Black. Face, narrow orbits on lower 0.5 to 0.7 of frons, large trian- 

 gular spot at top of eye, cheek, lower 0.3 to 0.5 of temple, mouth parts, 

 lower third of propleurum, upper part of pronotum (more broadly 

 posteriorly), lower corner and sometimes narrow hind margin of pro- 

 notum, tegula, subtegular ridge, apex and sides of scutellum, post- 

 scutellum, lateral portion of prepectus, sometimes anterodorsal 

 swollen part of mesopleurum, areas along lower edge of mesopleurum, 

 sometimes much of mesosternum, and front and middle legs, ivory 

 white; antenna blackish brown, paler below, its scape and pedicel 

 ivory white below; mesosternum except on median line and where 

 white, most or all mesopleurum except under subtegular ridge and 

 where white, often mesonotum and metapleurum except around edges, 

 and disc of scutellum, fulvous; hind leg ivory white, the basal 0.17 ± 

 of tibia blackish and sometimes the apical 0.17 ± of tibia partly 

 infuscate. 



Female: Unknown. 



Type: d\ "Blood Mt," Ga., May 16, 1951, P. W. Fattig (Wash- 

 ington, USNM 63665). 



Paratypes: cf, Takoma Park, Md., May 24, 1942, H. and M. 

 Townes (Townes). rf 1 , Ramsey, N. J., June 22, 1917 (New York). 

 d\ Columbus, Ohio, J. O. Pepper (Washington), cf, Falls Church, 

 Va., May 15, N. Banks (Cambridge), cf, Lost River State Park, 

 Hardy Co., W. Va., June 21, 1951, K. V. Krombein (Townes). 



