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2a. Cryptocheilus terminatum subopacum (Cresson) 



Pompilus (Priocnemis) subopacus Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1, 

 p. 114, cf, 9. Lectotype: 9, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). 



Wings blackish, the apical 0.25 ± of the forewing and the apical 

 margin of the hind wing deeper black. 



Specimens: 9, Washington, D. C, Sept. 5, 1948, D. Shappirio 

 (Shappirio). cf, Washington, D. C, Aug. 29, 1947, D. Shappirio 

 (Shappirio). 29, Baldwin, Kans., July, Bridwell (Washington). 29, 

 Marshall County, Kans., July 12 and 24, 1950, R. L. Fisher (Evans 

 and Townes). 9, Sheridan County, Kans., F. X. Williams (Washing- 

 ton). 9, Glen Echo, Md., R. M. Fonts (Washington). 9, Camden 

 County, N. J., July 12, 1891 (Washington). 9 (type), Pennsylvania 



Figure 32. — Localities for Cryptocheilus terminatum subopacum. 



(Philadelphia), cf, Lobo, Tex., July 8, 1917 (Ithaca). 6cf , Dunn 

 Loring (near Vienna), Va., July 18 and 31, 1948, July 24 and 30, and 

 Aug. 6, 1949, K. V. Krombein (Krombein and Townes). 79, Dunn 

 Loring, Va., June 26, 1949, July 18, 1948, July 27, 1947, Aug. 2, 1947, 

 Aug. 21, 1949, and Aug. 22, 1948, K. V. Krombein (Krombein and 

 Townes). cf , Falls Church, Va., Aug. 30 (Cambridge). 49, Falls 

 Church, Va., July 12, Aug. 30, Sept. 10 and 16, N. Banks (Cambridge). 

 This subspecies has been collected in the vicinities of Washington 

 and Philadelphia, in Kansas, and at Lobo, Tex. The recorded flight 

 season is from Jmie 26 to Sept. 16. 



2b. Cryptocheilus terminatum terminatum (Say) 

 Plate 2, figure 20 



Pompilus terminatus Say, 1828, American entomology vol. 3, p. 92 (Leconte 

 edition, vol. 1, p. 92), 9. Type: 9, near Arkansaw River, 200 miles 

 east of Rocky Mts. (destroyed). 



Cryptocheilus carinatus Banks, 1926, Canadian Ent., vol. 58, p. 202, cf. Type: 

 cf, Orman Dam, S. Dak. (Cambridge). 



