REVISION OF THE GENUS EXETASTES CUSHMAN 269 



Remarks. — Described from 23 females and 11 males as follows: 

 District of Columbia — three females, the holotype taken by C. N. 

 Ainslie and two on September 8, 1882, and September 23, 1888, 

 collector unknown. Virginia — two females, September 25, 1883, and 

 October 8, 1888, T. Pergande; one female and one male, Falls Church, 

 September 12, 1912, C. T. Greene; one male (the allotype), Vienna, 

 September 27, 1911, R. A. Cushman. Maryland — one female, 

 Bethesda, September 14, 1913, J. C. Crawford; one male, near Plum- 

 mers Island, September 5, 1914, J. C. Crawford. Pennsylvania — one 

 female, Ogontz, September 7, 1902; one male, Delaw^are County, 

 August 31, 1897. New Jersey — one femaljS, Riverton, September 11, 

 1904, G. M. Greene; one female, Boonton, September 11, 1901, G. M. 

 Greene; one female and one male, Great Notch, September 8, 1901, 

 G. M. Greene; one male, Westville, August 26, 1895; two females from 

 the Asa Fitch collection, probably from New York. North Carolina — 

 one female, Raleigh, September 26, 1917, R. W. Leiby. South 

 Carolina— one female, Chapel Hill, Sept. 28, 1883, B. F. Tyson; three 

 females and two males, Greenville, September 18-20, 1934, H. K. 

 Townes; two males, Chesney, September 19, 1934, H. K. Townes. 

 Florida — one female. Tennessee — two females, Nashville (Nash- 

 ville no. 1522), September 14, G. G. Ainslie. Texas — one male. 

 Del Rio, October 21, 1912, J. D. Mitchell. Also two females without 

 data, one of which is the specimen figured in Howard's "Insect Book," 



12. EXETASTES SCUTELLARIS Cresson 



Exetastes scutellaris Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 279, 1865: 

 female, male. 



Female and male. — Very similar in size, form, and structure to 

 propinquus, from the above description of which it differs only as 

 follows: Wings less deeply infumate and more yellowish wdth stigma 

 more yelloAvish; apex of hind tibia and basitarsus blackish; antenna 

 (complete in only two specimens) wdth only 42 joints; pleural carinae 

 more distinct; ovipositor sheath subequal in length to first tergite. 



Type locality. — Colorado. 



Type.— Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia no. 1620. 



Remarks. — Specimens examined include the holotype female and 

 a paratype male in the National Museum (para type no. 44734); a 

 female (compared with the holotype), Boulder, Colo., June 20, 1897; 

 one female, Colorado Springs, Colo., 5,915 feet, August, E. S. Tucker; 

 one male, Spring Canyon, near Fort Collins, Colo., June 18, 1929, 

 Klotz; one male (Cornell University Collection), Fort Collins, Colo., 

 August 4, 1902, L. A. Titus; one female (Webster no. 5521), Springer, 

 N. Mex., September 20, 1909, C. N. AinsUe; one female, Mendon, 

 Utah, Juty 16, 1907; and one male and one female (Canadian National 

 Collection), Lethbridge, Alberta, July 10, 1922, and August 8, 1921, 



