ceropalinae: tribe minageniini 227 



3. Clypeus blackish except in occasional specinaens of julia 4 



Clypeus partly or entirely stramineous 5 



4. Hind femur black; forewing 5.7 to 7.8 mm. long; paramere with numerous 



oblique bristles on both sides (pi. 3, fig. 35) .... 1. congrua (Cresson) 



Hind femur partly or entirely rufous; forewing 4.2 to 6.0 mm. long; paramere 



with sparse divergent bristles on the outer side and now or almost none on 



the inner side (pi. 4, figs. 41, 42, 43) 7. julia (Brimley) 



5. Abdomen and middle and hind femora black or blackish; genitalia as in plate 3, 



figure 37 4. clypeata (Banks) 



Abdomen and middle and hind femora partly or entirely rufous 6 



6. Subgenital plate pointed apically; hind coxa blackish; forewing 7.8 mm. 



long 2. major, new species 



Subgenital plate truncate apically; hind coxa mostly rufous; forewing 5.2 to 



6.0 mm. long 3. lata, new species 



8. perfecta (Provancher) 



FEMALES 



(Females of lata, osoria and perfecta are unknown; those of clypeata 

 and major are not known with certainty.) 



1. Abdomen rufous 2 



Abdomen black or mostly blackish 4 



2. Hind femur black; forewing 7.0 to 7.7 mm. long; bristles on subgenital plate 



moderately stout 1. congrua (Cresson) 



Hind femur rufous or mostly rufous; forewing 4.8 to 8.0 mm. long 3 



3. Front and middle femora black; forewing 8.0 mm. long; bristles on subgenital 



plate stout and stubby ? 2. major, new species 



Front and middle femora rufous; forewing 4.8 to 6.3 mm. long; bristles on 

 subgenital plate slender and tapered 7. julia (Brimley) 



4. Hind femur rufous; abdomen partly rufous 5. externa (Banks) 



Hind femur black; abdomen entirely black or blackish 5 



5. Forewing weakly infuscate, with a subapical darker area; bristles on subgenital 



plate mostly along the ventral edge ? 4. clypeata (Banks) 



Forewing uniformly, moderately infuscate; bristles on subgenital plate rather 

 scattered 9. montisdorsa Dreisbach 



1. Minagenia congrua (Cresson) 



Plates 3, figure 35; and 4, figure 46 



Pompilus (Agenia) congruus Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 1, p. 129, 



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

 Agenia rufigastra Provancher, 1889, Additions et corrections au volume II de la 



faune entomologique du Faune Canada traitent des Hym6nopteres, p. 264, 9 • 



Type: 9 , Hull, Quebec (Quebec). 

 Minagenia semirufa Dresibach, 1953, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 49, p. 841, cf (new 



synonymy). Type: 9 • Petersham, Mass. (Cambridge). 

 ? Minagenia michiganensis Dreisbach, 1953, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 49, p. 842, c? 



(new synonymy). Type: cT, Roscommon County, Mich. (Cambridge). 



Male: Forewing 5.7 to 7.8 mm. long; sternites 2 to 5 with a few 

 inconspicuous oblique hairs that are about 3 times as long as the 

 ordinary clothing hairs; subgenital plate oblanceolate with a rounded 

 apical point, the edges curled upward so that it looks quite narrow; 



