pepsinae: tribe pepsesti 



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Light rufous. Flagellum somewhat infuscate apically; bases of 

 coxae and thorax near the coxal and hind wing articulations, and base 

 of first tergite more or less infuscate; wings strong!}^ suffused with 

 yellowish brown, the forewing with three transverse brown bands as 

 described for the male, the hind wing browTiish apically. 



Specimens: 9, Baboquivari Mts., Ariz., Aug. 15, 1924, O. C. Poling 

 (Berkeley). 9, Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mts,, Ariz., Sept. 1 and 

 2, 1927, J. C. Bradley (Ithaca). 9 (type), Santa Catalina Mts., 

 5,500 ft., Apache County, Ariz., July 25, 1917 (Cambridge), cf, 

 Tucson, Ai-iz., F. H. Snow (Lawrence). 9, southern Ai-izona (Cam- 

 bridge), cf, Devils River, Tex., May 5, 1907, E. A. Schwartz 

 (Washington) . 



This species occurs in the Lower Sonoran fauna. 



5. Priocnessus nigricans, new species 



Male: Unknown. 



Female: Forewing 15 mm. long; hind tibia with its dorsal teeth 

 rather strong, its laterodorsal row of bristles long, about 0.9 as long 

 as the distance between their sockets; under side of fifth tarsal segment 

 with about two preapical bristles. 



Figure 18. — Localities for Priocnessus nigricans. 



Black. Flagellum orange, somewhat infuscate apically and on the 

 basal part of the first segment; wings orange, infuscate basally to the 

 level of the apex of the anal lobe; apical margin of forewing vaguely 

 dusky. 



Type: 9, Santa Rita Mts., Ariz., July 19, 1938, D. W. Craik 

 (Lawrence) . 



Paratype: 9, Tex Canyon, 5,000 to 6,000 ft., Chiricahua Mts., 

 Ariz., Sept. 16, 1927, J. A. Kusche (San Francisco). 



