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from the eye to the lateral border denticles; mandibles with a single 

 denticle having a broad base; antennae normal in form. 



Thorax black except for a di\dded band on the pronotum, the 

 scutellum, a large area on the propodeum, and the tegulae, all of 

 which are ferruginous ; tegulae low and smooth ; enclosure with a light 

 medial groove and deep punctation over most of the side areas; 

 mesosternal tubercle very prominent and acute, with the points ex- 

 tending toward the posterior; legs fulvous with some parts becoming 

 more yellow; mngs subhyaline clouded with ferruginous. 



Abdomen with the first three tergites rufous and a trace of fulvous 

 to yeUow lines along the anterior margins of terga 2 and 3, the remain- 

 ing four terga black; venter black except for sternites 1, 2, and patches 

 on 3, which are rufous; pygidium with sides shghtly convex and the 

 ends subequal in width. 



Both sexes of C. ruja are very close in structure to C. compar 

 Cresson and possibly should be considered a subspecies of the latter. 

 On the basis of its very different color and color pattern, it is con- 

 sidered here a distinct species. 



Types. — The type female and the allotype male, taken at South 

 Miami, Fla., by S. Graenicher, on May 26, 1927, and March 14, 1927, 

 respectively, are in the U.S. National Museum, no. 66170. Paratypes 

 are as f oUows : 



Florida: ? , Cleveland, Apr. 3 1938 (D. M. DeLong); dd' <?, S. Miami, Mar. 

 14, 1927 (S. Graenicher); 4d^d^, Homestead, June 22, 1951 (Beamer-Wood) ; 

 cf , Lutz, Mar. 31, 1927 (Kjautwurm), Carnege Museum, no. 8096; c?", Monticello, 

 May 25 (G. Fairchild); cf , Brighton, April 7, 1937 (J. G. Franclemont) . 



Distribution. — Florida. 

 Prey record. — None. 

 Plant record. — None. 



43. Cerceris zelica Banks 



Figures 62, 144a,b,c,d 

 Cerceris zelica Banks, 1912a, p. 23. — Scullen, 1951, p. 1011. 



Female. — Length 12 mm. Black with yellow markings; legs ful- 

 vous; punctation and pubescence normal. 



Head subequal in width to thorax; black except large frontal eye 

 patches, lateral lobes of the clypeus, clypeal elevation, patch above the 

 elevation, small spot back of the eye, and the basal half of the mandi- 

 bles, all of which are yellow; clypeal border with three blunt denticles; 

 clypeal elevation cone shaped with a smooth flattened area on the 

 lower surface; mandibles with three denticles fused at the base, the 

 apical one much the largest; antennae normal in form, fuUginous below 

 and darker above. 



