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U. S. NATIONAL ISIUSEUM BULLETIN 209 

 2. Priocnessus dakota (Crcsson) 



Pompilus (Agenia) dakota Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1, p. 124, 



cf. Type: d", "Dakota" (Philadelphia). 

 Pompilus {Agenia) dakota pallidicornis Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 



vol. 1, p. 124, (^ (preoccupied; new synonymy). Type: cT, West Virginia 



(Philadelphia). 

 Priocnemis (Priocnessus) kiowa Banks, 1933, Psyche, vol. 40, p. 12. Type: 9 , 



Wathena, Kans. (Cambridge). 



Figure 15. — LocaHties for Priocnessus dakota. 



Male: Forewing 9.5 to 13 mm. long. Structm-e as described for 

 the male of P. nehulosus. 



Black. Clypeus, mandibles, and hind orbits faintly tinged with 

 fulvous; front orbits and flagellum orange, the basal one or two and 

 apical three or four segments partly infuscate; wmgs blackish. 



Female: Forewing 12 to 15.5 mm, long; hind tibia with its dorsal 

 teeth moderately strong and the bristles in its dorsolateral row about 

 0.6 as long as the distance between their sockets; last segment of tarsi 

 without preapical bristles beneath. 



Black. Flagellum orange, somewhat infuscate at the base and 

 apex; wings black. 



Specimens: 29, Lyme, Conn., July 8, and 22, 1918, W. S. Fisher 

 (Washington). cT (type of dakota), Dakota (Philadelphia). 2cf, 

 Atlanta, Ga., June 29 and July 6, 1936, P. W. Fattig (Emory Univ. 

 and Cambridge), cf , Head River, Ga., July 17, 1936, P. W. Fattig 

 (Cambridge), cf , Sittons Gulch, Ga., July 24, 1936, P. W. Fattig 

 (Emory Univ.). 9, Cheyenne County, Kans., F. X. Williams 

 (Lawrence). 9 (type of kiowa), Wathena, Kans., July 22, 1908, 

 W. M. Mann (Washington), cf , 9, Cape May, N. J., July 8 and 9, 

 1937, W. Stone (Ithaca). &, Moorestown, N. J., June 30, 1939, 



