pepsinae: tribe pepsini 



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Figure 23. — Localities for PHociiemioides magnus. 



3. Priocnemioides magnus (Cresson) 



Pompilus (Priocneynis) inagnvs Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1, 

 p. Ill, 9. Type: 9 , Georgia (Philadelphia) . 



Forewing of male 14 to 19 mm. long, of female 17 to 22 mm. long. 

 Propodeum and upper part of metapleuron smooth, without wrinkles; 

 hind tibia of male subcarinate and with rudimentary teeth dorsally; 

 hind tibia of female with a dorsal row of rather narrow teeth that are 

 about 0.8 as wide as the length of the bristle beyond each; sixth ster- 

 nite of male laterally with long, erect, black hairs, discally with 

 shorter, sparse, erect hairs ; subgenital plate of male apically with short, 

 dense, erect hairs, the hairs longer apicolaterally. 



Black. Flagellum orange; wings black; head and thorax without 

 distinct iridescence. 



Specimens: cf, 29, Tifton, Ga., F. A. Eddy (Cambridge). 29, 

 Tifton, Ga. (Washington). 9 (type), Ga. (Philadelphia). 9, Lake- 

 hurst, N. J., July 21, 1921 (Cambridge). 9, Riverhead, N. Y., Aug. 

 2, 1917, W. T. Davis (Cambridge). cT, Judson, N. C, July 19, 1923, 

 J. C. Crawford (Raleigh). 9, Spout Springs, N. C, July 10, 1929 

 (State CoUege, Raleigh), cf , Wilmmgton, N. C, June 23, 1928, T. B. 

 Mitchell (State College, Raleigh). 9, Bryant, Tex., June 17, 1927, 

 S. E. McGregor (Krombein). 29, Fedor, Tex., May 19 and 25, 1909, 

 Birkmann (Cambridge), 9, Los Olmos Creek, Kenedy County, Tex., 

 June 18, 1948, H. E. Evans (Evans), cf , 9, Mount Pleasant. Titus 

 County, Tex., June 13, 1918, H. E. Evans (Evans). cT, Rock Island, 

 Tex., May 31, 1922, G. O. Wiley (St. Paul), cf , Victoria, Tex., Aug. 

 16, 1913, J. D. Mitchell (Washington). 9, Williamson County, Tex., 

 May 29, 1933, J. E. Gillaspy (College Station, Tex.). 



This species occurs in the Gulf and Atlantic States north to Long 

 Island. 



