ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF AMERICA: 1. METOPIINAE 



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Figures 86, 87. — Localities: 86 (left) Spudaeus scaler umbrosus; 87 (right) S. indigeus. 



Co., Calif., Aug. 5, 1912, E. C. Van Dyke (San Francisco). 9, Summit 

 Camp in Lassen Co., Calif., June 28, 1941, Claude I. Smith (Berkeley). 

 4cf, 19, "Tamarack Lake" at 7,700 ft., Calif., July 10 and 12, 1931, 

 E. O. Essig (Berkeley). 9, Upper Echo Lake at 7,400 ft., Calif., 

 July 24, 1933, E. O. Essig (Berkeley). 9, Blackfeet Indian Reserva- 

 tion, Mont., July 5, 1938, E. C. Van Dyke (San Francisco). 49, 

 Nevada (Philadelphia and Washington). 9, Kittitas Co., Wash., 

 July 22, 1934 (Townes). 9, "Satus Pass," Wash., July 9, 1935, 

 Jack Beamer (Lawrence). 9 (lectotype), Washington (Philadelphia). 

 9, Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., July 14, 1939, D. J. and J. N. 

 Knull (Townes). d\ Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, 

 Wyo., July 1, 1938, E. C. Van Dyke (San Francisco). 



This subspecies occurs in the Canadian zone of the western moun- 

 tains. Most adults have been taken in July, but a few as early as 

 mid-May and as late as early August. 



2. Spudaeus indigus (Davis) 



Tylecomnus (!) indigus Davis, 1897, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 24, p. 204; 

 cf, $ . Lectotype: 9 , Colorado (Philadelphia). 



Front wing 9.0 to 11.0 mm. long. Structural differences as discussed 

 under S. scaber. 



Black. Legs fulvous, the apex of hind femur, base and apex of hind 

 tibia, and hind tarsus black. In a specimen from British Columbia 

 (9, Hundred Mile House, June 29, 1938, G. S. Walley (Ottawa)), 

 the front and middle coxae are mostly blackish and somewhat less 

 than half of the hind coxa is infuscate. All other specimens have the 

 coxae entirely fulvous. 



Specimens: 9, Fawcett, Atla., June 10, 1934, E. H. Strickland 

 (Townes). 9, Canim Lake, B. C, June 22, 1938, G. S. W T alley (Ottawa). 



