pepsinae: tribe pepsini 



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2.0 as long as wide; dorsal face of pronotum about 0.3 as long as 

 wide. 



Black. Pubescence blackish; forewing moderately infuscate, the 

 hind wing a little paler. 



Specimens (45 c?', 189): From Georgia (Neel Gap and Rabun 

 Bald); Maryland (Cabin John, Glen Echo, and Plummers Island); 

 New York (Ithaca); North Carolina (Canton, Hickory, Highlands, 

 Hot Springs, Mount Mitchell at 6,400 ft.. Mount Pisgah at 4,600 ft. 

 and at 5,000 to 5,749 ft., and Raleigh); South Carolina (Columbia); 

 Virginia (Dead Run, Great Falls, Skyline Drive, and Stonyman); and 

 West Virginia. 



Figure 2. — Localities for Chirodamus albopilosus. 



Collection dates are from late in May to early in September and 

 seem to indicate two generations a season. Males begin to emerge 

 in early summer (May 22 at Neel Gap, Ga.; May 28 at Columbia, 

 S. C; June 1 at Glen Echo, Va., and at Cabin John, Md., etc.), re- 

 main numerous through June, and appear to be uncommon in the 

 first third of July. From July 9 to 25 there are no records of males 

 captured, and males after July 25 presumably represent a second 

 generation, which disappears late in August. Females appear a little 

 later in the season than males and persist into early September. 

 Early and late records for females are June 5 at Rabun Bald, Ga.; 

 June 12 at Great Falls, Va.; Sept. 2 at 4,600 ft. on Mount Pisgah, 

 N. C; and Sept. 5 at 5,000 to 6,711 ft. on Mount Mitchell, N. C. 

 The usual habitat seems to be rich moist woods. 



This is a species ol the Allegheny faunal area from New York to 

 Georgia. Adults occur from early to late summer. 



2. Chirodamus forlis (Cresson) 



Pompilus {Priocnemis) fortis Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. See, vol. 1, p. 

 113, ?. Lectotype: ?, New York (Philadelphia) . 



