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Tex., May 1903, Bridwell (Washington). 2c?, 49, Texas, Belfrage 

 (Washington). 



This species is known from Virginia and Texas. Adults have been 

 collected in April and May. 



8. Chirodamus validus (Cresson) 



Pompilus (Priocnemis) validus Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1, p. 

 116, 9. Type: 9, Georgia (Philadelphia). 

 Male: Forewing 11.5 mm. long; tooth on outer claw of fore tarsus 

 about 0.7 as long as the part of the claw bej^ond it, the two parts 

 widely separated basally, convergent apically; mesopleuron shining, 

 with rather close fine punctures and with distinct coarse punctures 

 that are separated by about 3.0 their diameter; propodeum with 

 numerous coarse punctures that are separated by about 1.0 their 

 diameter (these punctures weaker and sparser in the other species of 

 the genus) ; apical margin of fifth sternite gently concave. 



Figure 9. — Localities for Chirodamus validus. 



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

 tibiae, and apical 0.4 db of femora fulvous; wings black; abdomen 

 brownish red. 



Female: Forewing about 13 mm. long; second flagellar segment 

 about 1.8 as long as wide; propodeum smooth; larger punctures on 

 sternites weak and very sparse. 



Black. Wings black; abdomen brownish red, the apical margin of 

 the sclerites a little darker, or (in the type and in the South Carolina 

 specimen) much darker and the abdomen beyond the third segment 

 mostly blackish. 



Specimens: c?, Mobile, Ala., Apr. 21, G. P. Engelhardt (Washing- 

 ton). 9, Gainesville, Fla., May 1921, G. P. Engelhardt (Washington). 

 9, Head River, Ga., July 24, 1936, P. W. Fattig (Cambridge). 9, 



