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Thorax dark amber, clouded with variable amounts of very dark 

 amber; pronotum, scutellum, metauotum, and tegulae yellowish 

 amber; legs light amber; wings lightly shaded with amber. 



Abdomen yellow except first and second segments, which are 

 largely amber. 



Some males show considerably more dark amber on the thorax and 

 anterioral abdomenal segments than the type. 



Figures 39, 40. — Localities of: 39, C. cochisi Scullen; 40, C. compacta compacta Cresson. 



Types. — The type female, Lordsburg to Silver City, N. Mex., over 

 5000 ft., June 17, 1942 (H. A. Scullen), and the allotype male, 2 mi. 

 NE, Portal, Ariz., June 5, 1961, Condalia lycioides (H. A. Scullen), 

 both at the U.S. National Museum, no. 66163. Paratypes are as 

 follows : 



Arizona: cf, 3 to 5 mi. SW. Apache, Aug. 8, 1959, Baccharis glutinosa (H. E. 

 Evans); cf, Bill Williams Fork, August (F. H. Snow); 4 0^6^, Boyce Thompson 

 Arboretum, Superior, July 23, 1955, Condalia, Acacia greggii (G. D. Butler); 

 2cf'd', 3 mi. NW. Casabel, July 17, 1960, Prosopis juliflora (J. E. Gillaspy); 

 <S*, Cedar Creek, 15 mi. W. Apache, June 21, 1957 ( Butler- Werner) ; c?, Congress 

 Junction, July; &, Continental, Aug. 12, 1957 (G. D. Butler); 9 , 6 mi. E. 

 Douglas, Cochise Co., Sept. 5, 1958 (M. A. Cazier); cT, 5 mi. W. Fort Apache, 

 June 21, 1957 (Butler- Werner) ; cf, Fort Thomas, Graham Co., 2700 ft., Aug. 7, 

 1946 (H. A. Scullen) ; 9 , Granite Dells, July 5, 1950, Nolina microcarpa (J. G, 

 Rozen); cf, 15 mi. E. Pearce, July 10, 1955, Sapindus (Butler- Werner) ; c?, 

 Phoenix, July 11, 1932; cf, Portal 4800 ft., Aug. 4, 1959 (H. E. Evans); 29 9, 

 5 mi. E. Portal, Cochise Co., Oct. 14, 1955 (C. and M. Cazier); 3 9 9, 12cfd', 

 2 mi. NE. Portal, Cochise Co., 4700 ft., July 2, 1961, Condalia lycioides (H. A. 

 Scullen); cT, same locality, July 11, 1961, Acacia greggii (H. A. Scullen); 2 0^ cf, 

 same locality, July 8, 11, 1961 (H. A. Scullen); 7cf cf, same locality, July 30, 

 1959, Aug. 1, 3, 1959, Baccharis glutinosa (M. Statham); 9, Prescott, July 29 

 (J. N. Knull); 2cf cf, Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mts., Pima Co., June 29, 

 1955, Condalia, Cephalanthus (Butler- Werner) ; cf , Sedonia, June 29, 1950 (J. G. 

 Rozen); cf, Sedonia, June 29, 1950 (L. D. Beamer) ; 2cf cf, Seneca, Salt River 

 Bridge, July 15, 1956, salt cedar (G. D. Butler); cf, southern Arizona (Bequaert); 



