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separated, centrally located denticles, the apical one much the larger; 

 antennae normal in form, amber except the scape, which is yellow. 



Thorax black except two patches on the pronotum, two small spots 

 on the propodeum, two small spots on the scutellmn, and the tegulae, 

 all of which are yellow, and the metanotmn, which is yellow to amber; 

 tegulae elevated and lightly pitted; enclosure smooth except for a 

 longitudinal groove and pitted lateral borders; mesosternal tubercle 

 small and black; legs yellow except for basal portions of femora, 

 coxae, and trochanters, which are amber; wings uniformally clouded 

 except for the stigma, which is dark a,mber. 



Abdomen: tergum 1 light amber; tergum 2 yellow, deeply emargi- 

 nate with light amber; terga 3, 4, and 5 with anterior emarginations 

 amber and deep, dividing, or ahnost dividing, the yellow into lateral 

 triangular areas; venter light amber basally becoming dark apically; 

 pygidium oval with the apical end truncate and the basal end 

 rounded. 



The extent of the yellow markings varies. Yellow spots on the 

 head and thorax may disappear completely in some specimens. 

 Yellow and amber areas on the abdomen show much variation in 

 their width and emargination. 



Male. — Length 8 mm. General coloration, punctation, and 

 pubescence similar to the female. 



Head about one-third wider than the thorax; face yellow at the 

 sides and below the antennae, remainder of head black; three amber 

 denticles on the clypeal border, the medial one more broad and 

 rounded than the lateral ones. 



Thorax black except for two patches on the pronotum, two spots on 

 the scutellum, narrow baud on the metanotmn, and the tegulae, all 

 of which are yellow; tegulae elevated and lightly pitted; enclosure 

 deeply pitted to rugose; mesosternal tubercle absent; legs yellow 

 except for basal two-thirds of femora, trochanters, and coxae, which 

 are amber to black; antennae normal; wings uniformally clouded 

 except for the stigma, which is dark amber. 



Abdomen: tergum 1 black with a broad divided amber band; 

 terga 2 to 6 light amber to yellow, deeply emarginate anteriorly 

 with black; venter dark amber, immaculate; pygidium slightly oval, 

 truncate apically, rounded basally. 



The males are most apt to be confused with the males of jinitima 

 Jinitima Cresson and kennicottii kennicottii Cresson. C. jinitima 

 Jinitima Cresson lacks the amber shading. C. kennicottii kennicottii 

 Cresson has the tegulae unelevated, smooth, and is black and yellow, 

 without amber. 



Type. — The type female, from southwest Georgia (Charles A. 

 Blake), is at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, no. 1947. 



