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6a. Pepsis elegans cerberus Lucas 



Pevsis cerberus Lucas, 1895, Berliner Ent. Zeitschr. vol. 39, p. 790, c?. Lectotype: 



<f , Texas (Budapest). 

 Pepsis inermis Fox, 1898, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 4, pp. 141, 146, 9 . 



Lectotype: 9, Texas (Philadelphia). 



This subspecies ranges from Kansas and central Texas to Arizona 

 and northern Mexico. It intergrades with the subspecies elegans in 

 east-central Texas. 



6b. Pepsis elegans elegans Lepeletier 



Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845, Histoire naturelle des insectes, hym^nopteres, 



vol. 3, p. 489, d". Type: c?, Pennsylvania (? Paris). 

 Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1, p. 144, cT, 9 • 



Lectotype: 9, Georgia (Philadelphia). 



This subspecies occurs in the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas. 



7. Pepsis venusta Smith 



Pepsis venusta Smith, 1855, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the 

 British Museum, vol. 3, p. 196, c?. Type: cf, Tabajos, Brazil (London). 



This species occurs from Brazil to southern Arizona. The female 

 is unknown. 



8. Pepsis marginata Palisot 



Pepsis marginata Palisot, 1809, Insects recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique, . . . , 

 p. 94, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3, cT, 9 . Types: cf, 9 , "Saint Domingue" (location 

 unknown). 



Pepsis heros Dahlbom, 1844, Hymenoptera Europaea . . . , vol. 1, p. 122, 9 . 

 Type: 9 , Santo Domingo (?Lund). 



This species occurs in the West Indies and southern Florida. 



9. Pepsis arizonica Banks 



Pepsis arizonica Banks, 1921. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 14, pp. 21-22, 23, cf. 



Type: cf, Huachuca Mts. (Cambridge). 

 Pepsis hirsuta Salman, 1933, Pan-Pacific Ent. vol. 9, p. 9, 9 . Type: 9 , southern 



Arizona (Cambridge). 



This species occurs in north-central Mexico, western Texas, southern 

 Arizona, and southeastern California. 



10. Pepsis aquila Lucas 



Pepsis aquila Lucas, 1895, Berliner Ent. Zeitschr., vol. 39, p. 797, cf • Type: cf , 

 Mexico (Budapest). 



This species occurs in north-central Mexico and in southern Arizona 

 and New Mexico. The female is unknown. 



