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D. W. Coquillett (Washington). 9, Nogales, Mexico, Mar. 29, 

 1946 (Washington). 

 The range is restricted to the Lower Sonoran faunal area. 



5. Ageniella {Priophanes) agenioides (Fox) 



Priocnemis agenioides Fox, 1893, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 1, p. 54, 9 . 



Type: 9, southern Illinois (Philadelphia). 

 Pseudagenia virginica Banks, 1910, Psyche, vol. 17, p. 251, cf. Type: cf, 



Falls Church, Va. (Cambridge). 

 Ageniella siibra Brimley, 1934, Ent. News, vol. 45, p. 42, cf. Type: cT, Raleigh, 



N. C. (Raleigh). 



Figure 105. — Localities for Ageniella agenioides. 



Male: Forewing 4.0 to 4.5 mm. long. Black. Wings hyaline, 

 the apex of the forewing weakly infuscate; all tibial spurs white; 

 seventh tergite with a large whitish spot. 



Female: Forewing 4.5 to 6.0 mm. long; pubescence of head and 

 thorax moderately dense; apical hairless margin of clypeus mat, 

 slightly widened medially, the central half of its apical edge evenly 

 convex; mesoscutum with rather close fine punctures and weakly 

 mat; nervulus beyond the basal vein by 0.7 its length. 



Black. Frons, mesoscutum, and abdomen with a faint bluish 

 iridescence; wings subhyaline, the apex of the forewing weakly 

 infuscate. 



Specimens (20 cf, 499): From Connecticut (East Hartford); 

 District of Cokimbia (Washington) ; Georgia (Atlanta and UnadUla) ; 

 Illinois (southern Illinois) ; Kansas (Baldwin, Manhattan, and Potta- 

 watomie County) ; Louisiana (Opelousas and TaUulah) ; Maryland 

 (Cabin John, Cabin John Bridge, Great Falls, and Glen Echo); 

 Minnesota (Norman County) ; Mississippi (Natchez) ; New Jersey 

 (MUburn); New York (Farmingville and Ithaca); North Carolina 

 (Raleigh, Wallace, and WhiteviUe) ; Ohio (Put-in-Bay) ; Pennsylvania 



