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8b. Auplopiis caerulescens caerulescens (Dahlbom) 



Agenia caerulescens Dahlbom, 1843, Hymenoptera Europaea, vol. 1, p. 93, 9- 

 Type: 9, South Carolina (Lund). 



Pseudagenia caerulescens (!) Banks, 1911, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 19, 

 p. 232. cf , 9 (misspelling). 



Marked with fulvous as follows: Often the median spot on clypeus 

 of male, often part of clypeus of female, front, middle, and often the 

 hind femur, variable extents of the coxae, tibiae, and tarsi, and some- 

 times basolateral stains on abdomen. This subspecies integrades 

 with both subcorticalis and floridanus, the arbitrary limits between it 

 and the other two subspecies being indicated in the keys. 



Figure 



-Localities for Auplopus caerulescens caerulescens. 



Specimens: cf, Manhattan, Kans., May 1948, Jas. B. Kring 

 (Evans), cf, Pottawatomie County, Kans., July 15, 1950, H. E. 

 Evans (Evans). 9, Homer, La., Nov. 8, 1907, F. C. Pratt (Wash- 

 ington). 2cf, Missouri (Washington). 9, Fayetteville, N. C, early 

 June 1921, C. S. Brunley (Raleigh). 9, Fayetteville, N. C, May 4, 

 1939, D. L. Wray (Raleigh). 9, Austin, Tex., Jan. 8, 1904, C. Hart- 

 mann (Washington), cf , Brazos County, Tex., May 11, 1941, R. W. 

 Strandtmann (Strandtmann). 9, Dallas, Tex., Apr. 17, Cushman 

 (Washington). 9, McLennan County, Tex., Aug. 26, 1939, J. E. 

 Gillaspy (College Station, Tex.). 9, Mexia, Tex., Oct. 5, 1937, J. E. 

 Gillaspy (College Station, Tex.) 5cf, Williamson County, Tex., 

 Apr. 8 and 21, 1939, Apr. 21, 1934, Apr. 25, 1936, and Aug. 12, 1935, 

 J. E. Gillaspy (College Station, Tex.). 39, Williamson County, Tex., 

 Aug. 14, 1935, Oct. 5, 1938, and Oct. 21, 1933, J. E. Gillaspy (College 

 Station, Tex.). 4cf , 69, Texas (Washington, Lawrence, and Townes). 



This subspecies occurs from the Carolinas west to central Kansas 

 and Texas. 



