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3. Basal and apical infuscate portion of forewing merging rather gradually with 



the orange of the rest of the wing, which itself is usually dusky orange rather 

 than clear orange; habitat: most of Argentina and adjacent Brazil. 



7e. luteicornis (Lepeletier) 



Basal and apical infuscate portions of forewing joining rather abruptly with 



the clear orange of the rest of the wing 4 



4. Base of forewing infuscate beyond the tegula for about 1.5 the length of the 



tegula; longitudinal spatulate area on male subgenital plate a little more 

 strongly raised; flagellar segments of female a little shorter; habitat: Chile 



and coastal Peru 7g. dumosus (Spinola) 



Base of forewing infuscate beyond the tegula for 2.0 or more the length of the 

 tegula; longitudinal spatulate area on male subgenital plate a little less 

 strongly raised; flagellar segments of female a little longer 5 



5. Base of forewing infuscate for about 0.65 the distance to the basal vein; habitat: 



Panamd and northern South America 7d. urichi Banks 



Base of forewing infuscate for about 0.2 to 0.4 the distance to the basal vein . 6 



6. Base of forewing infuscate for about 0.35 the distance to the basal vein ; habitat : 



Mexico and southwestern United States, except California and Baja Cali- 

 fornia 7b. cressoni (Banks) 



Base of forewing infuscate for about 0.25 the distance to the basal vein (pi. 2, 

 fig. 19); habitat: California and Baja California. 



7c. californicua, new subspecies 



7a. Priocnemioides unifasciatus unifasciatus (Say) 



FiGTJBB l,e; Plate 2, figure 18 



Pnmpilus unifasciatus Say, 1828, American entomology, vol. 3, p. 92 (Leconte 

 edition, vol. 1, p. 92), 9 • Type: 9 , Easton, Pa. (destroyed). 



Black. Pubescence of face aud clypeus dark brown; flagellum 

 orange; wings blackish, the forewing with a large subapical orange spot 

 which is not sharply defined. 



A specimen from Victoria, Tex., is intermediate to the subspecies 

 cressoni. 







Figure 28. — Localities for Priocnemioides unifasciatus unifasciatus. 



