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rado, and south into Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Texas. 



Prey records. — None. 



Plant records. — Acacia sp. (Arizona), A. augustissima (Arizona), 

 alfalfa (Arizona), Aplopajypus sp. (Arizona), Asclepias sp. (New 

 Mexico), A. subverticillata (Arizona), Baccharis sp. (Arizona), B. 

 glutinosa (Arizona), Cissus trifoliata (Arizona), Cleome sp. (Arizona), 

 cotton (Ai'izona), Croton sp. (Arizona, New Mexico), Dondm nigra 

 (Nevada), Eriogonum sp. (Arizona, New Mexico), E. abertianum 

 neomexicanum (Arizona), E. thomasii (Arizona), Gutierrezia sp. 

 (Arizona), Haplopappus hartwegi (Arizona), Helianthus sp. (Arizona), 

 Lepidium sp. (Arizona), Melilotus alba (Arizona), Mimosa sp. (Ari- 

 zona), pigweed leaves (Arizona), Sapindus saponari (Arizona), Wis- 

 lizenia sp. (Arizona), W. refracta (Arizona). 



38b. Cerceris feniurrubrum athene Banks, new status 



Figure 52 



Cerceris athene Banks, 1947, pp. 20-21.— Scullen, 1951, p. 1005.— Wasbauer, 1957, 

 p. 131.— Scullen, 1960, p. 78. 



Female. — Length 12 mm. Black, yellow, and amber; punctation 

 small and somewhat sparse; pubescence average. 



Head slightly wider than the thorax; black except for large frontal 

 eye patches on the face, small spots on the lateral clypeal lobes, two 

 elongate patches on the vertex, small round patches back cf the eye, 

 and base of mandibles, all of which are yellow; most of the clypeus 

 and most of the mandibles are dark amber; clypeal margin with a 

 broad extension on the medial lobe flanked by a distinct denticle on 

 each side and laterad of each of these denticles is another separate 

 and much larger denticle; a cone-shaped process on the surface of the 

 medial lobe of the clypeus pointing ventrad; mandibles with a single 

 basal denticles, apicad of which is a prominent ridge; antennae normal 

 in form, amber, becoming darker apically. 



Thorax black except for an emarginate band on the prothorax, the 

 scutellmn, the metanotum, very large areas on the propodeum, a 

 patch on the pleuron, and the tegulae, all of which are yellow; tegulae 

 are low and smooth ; enclosm-e smooth except for a faint medial groove 

 and small pits along the lateral sides; mesosternal tubercles absent; 

 legs largely amber; wmgs subhyalme but somewhat clouded toward 

 the apex. 



Abdomen: all terga yellow emarginate with black anteriorly; 

 venter dark amber; pygidium with sides convex, slightly converging 

 apically and the apical end truncate. 



Male. — Indistinguishable from the male of Jemurrubrum jemur- 

 rubrum Viereck and Cockerell. 



