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2. Posterior half of pronotum mat and with fine transverse striation (pi. 25, 



fig. 3); mesopleurum mat and rugulose; brachial vein distinct; body 



dark brown 1. californicus, new si)ecies 



Posterior half of pronotum mat, not striate (pi. 25, fig. 4) ; mesoplernm mat 

 and with large shallow punctures; brachial vein subobsolete; body light 

 brown 2. texanus Cresson 



3. Outer face of hind femur mat ; pronotum, as seen from above, with a deep 



subapical notch on each side, and with a weak subbasal swelling (pi. 25, 

 fig. 5) ; iimer edge of hind femur of female with a weak submedian indenta- 

 tion {bicolor group) 4 



Outer face of hind femur polished ; pronotum, as seen from above, without a 

 deep subapical notch on each side, and with a strong subbasal swelling 

 (pi. 25, figs. 6, 7) ; inner edge of hind tibia of female with a strong, almost 

 semicircular indentation (hrunneus group) 5 



4. Head and pronotum blackish 3a. bicolor sickmanni (Schletterer) 



Head and pronotum ferruginous 3b. bicolor bicolor (Westwood) 



5. Ovipositor sheath with a subapical white band ; pronotum sculptured as in pi. 



25, fig. G, with a subapical pair of short ridges on each side; lower half of 

 temple with scattered weak or obsolescent punctures. 



4. arizonicus, new species 



Ovipositor sheath without a white subapical band ; pronotum sculptured as in 



pi. 25, fig. 7, with a subapical set of about four sharp cross ridges ; temple 



with coarse punctures next to the eye, or these punctures weak or absent. 



5. brunneus Cresson 



1. MEGISCHUS CALIFORNICUS. new species 



Plate 25, Figube 3 



Mesopleurum rugulose. 



ForewinfT of males about 5 mm. long, of females 5.5-6.5 mm. long; 

 temple rugulose in its lower 0.6 ± and in its upper 0.15 ±, the rest 

 polished; pronotum mat, the front 0.3 with cross ridges, the rest with 

 fine cross striae (pi. 25, fig. 3), which are often obsolescent in smaller 

 specimens; mesoiileurum and propodeum rugulose; brachial and sub- 

 discoidal veins weak but distinct; outer face of hind femur mat, 

 apically somewhat rugulose; hind tibia of female pinched laterally 

 at its basal 0.35, most strongly indented on its outer side, beyond 

 the pinch swollen to the width of the hind femur, its inner edge 

 without a noticeable median indentation; hind basitarsus of female 

 narrow, not expanded apically ; first tergite mat and somewhat rugu- 

 lose, in the female about 5,5 as long as wide ; ovipositor sheath about 

 1.15 as long as the body. 



Dark brown to blackish, with the antenna and legs a little paler. 

 Cheek mostly pale brown ; wings lightly inf uscate ; ovipositor sheath 

 with a subapical white band. 



Type.— 9 , U.S.N.M. No. 58647, Los Angeles County, Calif., D. W. 

 Coquillett (Washington). 



Paratopes. — California : $ , Carville, Trinity County, 2,400-2,500 

 feet, June 3, 1934 (Townes). 9, Greenhorn Mountains, Tulare 



