pepsestae: tribe pepsini 



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Figure 8. — Localities for Chirodamus feroculis. 



7. Chirodamus feroculis (Banks) 



Pseudagenia feroculis Banks, 1911, Journ. New York Eat. Soc, vol. 19, p. 232, cf". 

 Type: c?, Coryell County, Tex. (Cambridge). 



Male: Forewing 10.5 to 14 mm. long; basal tooth of outer claw of 

 fore tarsus about 0.7 as long as the part of the claw beyond it, the 

 two parts widely separated basally and strongly convergent apically; 

 mesopleuron subshining, w^th close fine punctures and ^vith larger 

 punctures that are separated by about 3.0 their diameter, abdomen 

 with a rather weak constriction between the first and second tergites ; 

 apical margin of fifth sternite gently concave. 



Black. Inner orbit with a yellowish stripe; wings black. 



Female: Forewing 12 to 16 mm. long; second flagellar segment 

 about 1.65 as long as wide; propodeum smooth; larger punctures on 

 sternites weak and very sparse. 



Black. Wings black; second tergite brownish red except on its 

 apical margin; first tergite more or less distinct!}'" brownish red except 

 basally and apicall3\ 



The female of this species is very similar to that of validus, appearing 

 only subspecifically distinct; however, the males of the two species, 

 if properly associated, are quite different in structure as well as in 

 color. 



Specimens: 9, Peimington Gap, Va. (Washington). 9, Stone 

 Creek, Lee County, Va. (Cambridge). 9, Virginia (Cambridge), 

 cf, Bastrop County, Tex. (To\vnes). (^, Brazos County, Tex., 

 Apr. 16, 1938, J. E. Gillaspy (College Station, Tex.). 4cf , College 

 Station, Tex., Apr. 29, 1937, May 2 and 9, 1937, R. W. Strandtmann 

 (Strandtmann and Townes). cf , Coryell County, Tex., May (Cam- 

 bridge). 9, Gunsight, Tex., Apr. 21, 1935 (Townes). 3cr, Willis, 



