pepsinae: tribe pepseni 83 



July 31, 1916, V. Owen (San Francisco). 9, Flys Peak, Chiricahua 

 Mts., Ariz., July 1927, J. A. Kusche (San Francisco), cf, on 

 flowers of Lomatium, Graham Mts., Ariz., June 23, 1950 (Washing- 

 ton), cf (type), Mount Lemmon at 6,000 ft., Ariz., July 27, 1917 

 (Cambridge). cT, 29, on forest floor, Mount Lemmon at 9,000 ft., 

 Santa Catahna Mts., Ariz., Aug. 2 to 4, 1948, H. E. Evans (Evans), 

 cf, Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz., July 15, 1947, L. D. Beamer (Lawrence). 

 cT, 79, Rustlers Park at 9,000 ft. in the Chiricahua Mts., Ariz., July 

 7 to 8, 1948, H. E. Evans (Evans and Townes). 9, Santa Rita Mts. 

 at 5,000 ft., Ariz., Sept. 10, 1931, E. R. Tinkham (St. Paul). 2d', 19, 

 on forest floor, Cloudcroft at 9,000 ft., N. Mex., July 26, 1948, H. E. 

 Evans (Evans and Townes). 9, Cloudcroft at 9,100 ft., N. Mex., 

 Aug. 1947, B. Valentine (To^vnes). 9, "Meadow Valley," Sierra Ma- 

 dre, Mexico, C. H. T. Townsend (Washington). One of the females 

 from Rustlers Park was taken from under the bark of a log, chewing 

 on the legs of a spider (a juvenile Lycosa). All the spider's legs had 

 been cut off one side. 



This species occurs at 5,000 to 9,100 ft. in the mountams of New 

 Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent Mexico. 



Subgenus Clistoderes Banks 



Clistoderes Banks, 1934, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 69, p. 33. Type: 

 Priocnemis (Clistoderes) astarte Banks; original designation. 



This subgenus contains three species described from the Philippines 

 by Banks in 1934. The long third cubital ceU, sublateral grooves on 

 the propodeum, and failure of the cubital vein to reach the wing margin 

 are its outstanding characters. 



Subgenus Priocnemissus Haupt 



Priocnemissus Haupt, 1949, Beitrage zur taxonomischen Zoologie, vol. 1, p. 75. 

 Type: Procnemis "coriarius" Dahlbom = coriaceus Dahlbom; original desig- 

 nation. 



In the groove between the mesoscutum and scuteUum slender 

 slightly elevated wedges extend mesad but do not meet medially; 

 third intercubital vein slanting outward so that the third cubital 

 cell has its outer hind angle acute; third cubital cell about 1.2 as 

 long as the second cubital cell ; cubital vein reaching the wing margin 

 (pi. 1, fig. 7) ; wings of both sexes functional; hind tibia of male with 

 distinct teeth on its upper edge, of the female with strong, suberect, 

 lobelike teeth; hind tibia of female almost hairless between the teeth 

 so that its upper edge appears polished; propodeum without a distinct 

 sublateral longitudinal impression. 



This subgenus is well represented in Eurasia and has three species 

 in North America. All three of these are adults in the spring, being 

 among the first psammocharids to begin flying and the first to disap- 



