pepsinae: tribe macromeresti 151 



The infiiscation of the wings varies with the locality, being darkest 

 in Florida and paler northward and westward. Most specimens from 

 the Carolinian fauna are definitely paler winged than most of those 

 from the Austroriparian. The infuscation of the wings of males 

 varies somewhat in the same dhection; but the wings are never more 

 than faintly infuscate, so the locality differences are less conspicuous 

 than in females. 



Specimens (19 cf, 639): From Alabama (Wadley); District of 

 Columbia (Washington); Florida CMonticello, Orange County, Or- 

 lando, and Tarpon Springs); Georgia (Atlanta, Billys Island in the 

 Okefenokee Swamp, Stone [Mountain, Thomasville, and Tifton); 

 Louisiana (Opelousas); Maryland (Cabin John, Glen Echo, and 

 Takoma Park); North Carolina (Elizabeth town, Fayetteville, John- 

 ston County, Murfreesboro, Raleigh, and Wallace); South Carolina 

 (Columbia, Greenville, and McClellanville) ; and Texas (Brazos 

 County, Fedor, Kerrville, and New Braunfels). 



The collecting dates are scattered from midspring to early fall, 

 unusually early and late dates of interest being Mar. 19 at Tarpon 

 Springs, Fla.; Apr. 30 at Elizabethtown, N. C; May 11 at Ealeigh, 

 N. C; Sept. 4 at Greenville, S. C; Oct. 13 at Murfreesboro, N. C; 

 and Nov. 9 in Brazos County, Tex. In my own collecting experience 

 the species is often moderately common in the undergrowth of damp 

 bottomland woods. A female in the Strandtmann collection was 

 reared "11-9-35" from a mud cell found near the Brazos River, Texas. 



This species occurs in the Gulf and Atlantic States from Texas to 

 Maryland, the habitat being damp bottomland woods. Adults fly 

 from midspring to early fall. 



5. Auplopus mellipes (Say) 



Male: ForeAving 5.5 to 7.5 mm. long; apical margin of cl}T)eus 

 straight medially, angularly produced laterally, between the lateral 

 corners much thickened (see from below); mandible with a strong 

 bend at the middle; second segment of flagellum about 4.0 as long as 

 wide, the penultimate segment about 2.8 as long as v/ide; mesopleuron 

 with dense, fine, subadjacent punctures, a httle shining, its pubescence 

 rather short. 



Black. Face and clypeus except often for a narrow median stripe, 

 lower lateral corner of frons, underside of scape, mandible except at 

 the base and apex, and a large median spot on seventh tergite, white; 

 apex of mandible ferruginous; flagellum tinged with fulvous beneath; 

 wings subhyaline; abdomen usuaUy tinged with fulvous laterally; 

 coloration of palpi, tegula, and legs varying according to the sub- 

 species. 



Female: Forewing 6.5 to 9.0 mm. long; clothing hairs of frons very 

 short, pale, arising from fine subadjacent punctures on a mat or sub- 



