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transverse groove, the carina about as long as the width of the front 

 femur; propodeum without wrinkles. 



Black. Wings subhyaline, the apical 0.35 of the forewing some- 

 what infuscate and the apex of the hind wing faintly infuscate. 



Type: 9, transporting an immature Lycosa avara, Washington, 

 D. C, Sept. 5, 1946, M. Vogel (Washington, USNM 61706). 



Paratypes: 9, Washington, D. C, Aug. 23, 1948, D. Shappirio 

 (Shappirio). 29, Atlanta, Ga., June 30, 1934, and July 23, 1947, 

 P. W. Fattig (Washington and Townes). 9, Manhattan, Kans., 

 Sept. 4, 1949, H. E. Evans (Evans). 9, Takoma Park, Md., Sept. 

 5, 1942, H. and M. Townes (Townes). cf, Crabtree Meadows at 

 3,600 ft. in Yancey County, N. C, Aug. 25, 1950, Townes family 

 (Townes). 29, Kill Devil Hills, N. C, July 1 and 18, 1950, K. V. 

 Krombein (Krombein). 9, Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 1, 1949, H. Townes 

 (Townes). 9, Wake County, N. C, July 28, 1951, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). 4cf, 49, at Liriodendron honeydew, Wallace, N. C, 

 June 17, 1949, H. ToAvnes (To^vnes). 9, Pennsylvania, Melsheimer 

 (Cambridge). 7cf , Columbia, S. C, June 10, July 6 and 7, and Aug. 

 3, 6, and 16, 1951, G. F. TowTies (Townes). 39, Columbia, S. C, 

 July 4 and Aug. 6 and 24, 1951, G. F. Townes (Townes). 29, Flor- 

 ence, S. C, July 26, 1950, H. Townes (Townes). d", Arlington, Va., 

 July 25, 1948, K. V. Krombein (Krombein). 2cf , Dunn Loring (near 

 Vienna), Va., Aug. 6, 1949, and Aug. 22, 1948, K. V. Krombein 

 (Krombein). 2cf , Falls Church, Va., Aug. 10 and Aug. 23, N. Banks 

 (Cambridge). 



This species occurs in the Carolinian faunal area. Females have 

 been taken in mesophytic open woods, crawling among the twigs of 

 bushes and looking much like Camponotus herculeanus. Adults are on 

 the wing from the middle of June through September. 



9. Ageniella {Ageniella) cupida (Cresson) 



Pompilus (Agenia) cupidus Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1 p. 122, 

 9. Type: 9, West Virginia (Philadelphia). 



Male: Forewing 6.0 to 7.0 mm. long; clypeus about 0.56 as long as 

 wide (in most other species of the cupida group, the clypeus is 

 proportionally a little shorter) ; clypeus without a median apical tooth 

 or with a very v»^eak one; temple with about 30 long suberect hairs; 

 mesopleuron with a carina extending obliquely downward from the 

 front end of its transverse groove, the carina about as long as the width 

 of the front femur; third cubital cell about 1.8 as long as high, receiving 

 the second recurrent vein at the middle; subgenital plate narrowly 

 tectate, without erect hairs. 



Black. Wings hyaline, margined apically with light fuscous; 

 abdomen with a weak bluish iridescence; seventh tergite with a large 

 white spot. 



