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merited line. Second and fifth segments of fore tarsus about equal; 

 hind tibia somewhat thickened apically but not expanded into a 

 flaring process; inner spur of middle tibia about 0.67 as long as 

 basitarsus; inner spur of hind tibia slightly more than half as long 

 as basitarsus ; second and fifth segments of middle tarsus about equal ; 

 second and fifth segments of hind tarsus about equal ; basitarsus of 

 hind legs slightly flattened, about as long as the next three segments 

 combined ; hind tarsal claws pectinate, each with three or four teeth 

 on basal half. First abdominal suture slightly curved to the margin, 

 second tergite shorter than third medially; hypopygium in profile 

 obtuse, about as long as second and third tarsal segments of hind leg 

 combined, its median ventral line without a longitudinal fold. Ovi- 

 positor sheath short, pubescent, its exposed part about one-third the 

 length of hypopygium (pi. 5, fig. 25). 



Type.— U.S.^M. 58293. 



Type locality. — Six miles west of Lakeview, Oreg., 5,100 feet. 



Described from two females; the type is labeled as collected July 8, 

 1937, by Bolinger and Jewett; the paratype bears only the label 

 "Ariz." 



CARDIOCHILES RUFOSTIGMA, new species 



Female. — ^Length 7 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen black with 

 the following parts reddish yellow: Narrow inner and broad outer 

 orbits ; lateral lobes of mesoscutum posteriorly ; and basal half of ab- 

 domen except first and second tergites medially. Antenna black. 

 Wings fuliginous, base of costa, stigma except apex, and base of sub- 

 costella reddish yellow. Coxae and trochanters black. Femora red- 

 dish yellow, darkened outwardly at their bases. Tibiae and their 

 spurs testaceous, hind tibia black at apex. Tarsi black, the basal three 

 and a half segments of the fore tarsus and the basal half of the first 

 segment of the middle tarsus pale. Ovipositor sheath black. Pubes- 

 cence of head rather long, chestnut brown in color ; antennae incom- 

 plete ; eye bare ; ocelli slightly elevated ; vertex smooth and polished ; 

 frons smooth and polished; face about 3.0 as wide as long, finely 

 punctate, with a short median longitudinal ridge above; clypeus 

 punctate, the punctures a little coarser than those of the face, basal 

 portion slightly elevated, apical margin truncate, not notched ; temple 

 wider than eye in dorsal view ; galea very short. Central portion of 

 lateral face of pronotum rugose; median lobe of mesoscutum with a 

 weak longitudinal depression each side of median line; notaulices 

 moderately foveolate; mesopleuron punctate, its upper groove foveate 

 and widened posteriorly, lower groove foveolate, posterior groove 

 foveate; metapleuron rugose except on the anterior portion; propo- 

 deum rugose, carinae moderately prominent, costulae present, spiracu- 

 lar area about as large as areola, spiracle long ovate. First abscissa 



