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cf , Texas Pass, Dragoon Mts., July 19-21, 1917 (R. C. Shannon); cf", Tombstone, 

 July 27, 1955 (Butler-Werner); ? , 5 mi. NW. Tombstone, Cochise Co., 4200 ft., 

 July 25, 1937 (Rehn, Pate, Rehn) ; 5cf cf, Tucson (F, H. Snow); cf, Tucson, 

 May 7, 1957 (G. D. Butler); d^, 9 mi. N. Tucson, July 25, 1946 (H. A. ScuUen); 

 cf, 20 mi. NW. Tucson, July 6, 1955 (Butler- Werner) ; 9, 20 mi. E. Tucson, 

 Oct. 26, 1958 (G. and A. Ferguson); cf , White Mts., June 19, 1950 (H. O. Wright). 

 California: ?, Anza, Riverside Co., July 5, 1956 (R. M. Bohart); cf, Blythe, 

 Riverside Co., July 30, 1947, Tamarix gallica (J. W. MacSwain) ; cf, Devils 

 Canyon, Cochell Valley, May 7, 1932; cT, Experimental Farm, Imperial Co., 

 June 1912 (J. C. Bridwell) ; &, Imperial Co., May 1911 (J. C. Bridwell); cf, 

 Morango Valley, San Bernardino Co., Aug. 29, 1934 (C. D. Michener) ; cf, Winter- 

 haven, Imperial Co., June 16, 1956 (G. R. Ferguson). New Mexico: 2cf cf, 

 Alamogordo, July 7, 1902; cf, 10 mi. NE. Lordsburg, June 17, 1942 (E. C. Van 

 Dyke); ?, Lordsburg to Silver City, 5000 ft., June 17, 1942 (H. A. Scullen); 

 ?, Rodeo, Hidalgo Co., July 29, 1959 (M. Statham). Texas: cf, Bexar Co., 

 May 2, 1930 (H. B. Parks) ; ? , Davis Mts., Aug. 29, 1947 (D. J. and J. N. KnuU) ; 

 cf , Davis Mts., July 6, 1936 (J. N. Knull) ; ? , Devils River, May 3, 1907 (F. C. 

 Bishop); ? , El Paso, June 29, 1921 (Carl D. Duncan); cT, Galveston, June 1900; 

 9, McNary, Hudspeth Co., June 24, 1942 (H. A, Scullen). Mexico: <^, Las 

 Parras, Baja, October 1923 (W. M. Mann) ; c?, 20 mi. N. Mesquital, Baja, Sept. 27, 

 1941 (Ross and Bohart); d", Mulege, Baja, May 14, 1921 (E. P. Van Duzee) ; 

 cf, Nogales, Mar. 5, 1951; cf , 10 mi. E. San Ignacio, Baja, Sept. 30, 1941 (Ross 

 and Bohart). 



Distribution. — Southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, south- 

 western Texas and northern Mexico. 



Prey record. — None. 



Plant record. — Acacia greggii (Arizona), Baccharis glutinosa 

 (Arizona), Cephalanthus sp. (Arizona), Condalia lycioides (Arizona), 

 Nolina microcarpa (Arizona), Prosopis juliflora (Arizona), Sapindus 

 sp. (Arizona). 



31. Cerceris compacta compacta Cresson 



Figures 40, 133a,b,c 



Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865, p. 127. — Packard, 1866, p. 63. — Cresson, 1872, 

 p. 230; 1887, p. 282.— Robertson, 1887, p. 201.— Schletter, 1887, p. 488.— 

 Robertson, 1889, pp. 297-304; 1891, pp. 570-571; 1894a, pp. 439, 455, 464; 

 1894b, p. 112.— Dalla Torre, 1897, p. 456.— Ashmead, 1899, p. 295.— Smith, 

 J. B., 1900, p. 519; 1910, p. 519.— Banks, 1912a, p. 17; 1912b, p. 107.— 

 Viereck, 1916, pp. 695, 696.— Mickel, 1917b, p. 448.— Scullen, 1951, p. 1006; 

 1960, p. 77. 



Cerceris solidaginis Rohwer, 1908, p. 323. — Banks, 1947, p. 15. — Scullen, 1951, 

 p. 1010. 



Cerceris belfragei Banks, 1917, p. 114. — Scullen, 1951, p. 1005. 



Female. — Length 10 mm. Black with yellow markings, normally 

 pitted and clothed with short silvery hairs. 



Head subequal in width to thorax, black except center of face 

 between antennal scrobes, clypeal process margin, small spots back 

 of the eyes, and basal part of mandibles, all of which are yellow; 

 clypeal margin extended on the medial portion, without denticles; 



