ceropalinae: tribe ceropalini 



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propodeum, stripe on outer edge of hind coxa, usually a small lateral 

 spot on first tergite, a large dorsal spot on sixth tergite, and often 

 broken apical marks on the second, fourth, and fifth tergites, pale 

 yellow; tibiae and tarsi more or less tinged with dusky rufous. 



Type: 9, taken on flowers in an alpine meadow at 8,500 ft., near 

 Glacier Point, Yosemite Park, Calif., July 20, 1948, Townes family 

 (Townes) , 



Paratypes: cT, taken in an alpine meadow at 6,200 ft.. Crane Flat, 

 Yosemite Park, Calif., July 25, 1948, Townes family (Townes). 29, 

 Devils Post Pile, Calif., Aug. 28, 1937, E. G. Anderson (St. Paul and 

 Townes). 29, Huntington Lake at 7,000 ft., Fresno County, Calif., 

 July 16, 1919, E. P. Van Duzee (San Francisco). 9, Lone Pine, 

 Calif., July 28, 1940, L. J. Lipovsky (Lawrence). 



This subspecies seems to occur only in mountain meadows of the 

 Canadian Zone of the Sierra Nevada. 



Figure 142. — Localities for Ceropales maculata rhodomerus. 

 Ic. Ceropales maculata rhodomerus, new subspecies 



Colored like the subspecies Jraterna, except that the legs beyond 

 the trochanters are mostly rufous, the femora being rather clear 

 rufous with the base fuscous and the apex usually with a yellow spot. 



The hind femur on the front side is mostly clear rufous, while in 

 the subspecies jraterna it is mostly brown to blackish. Intergrades 

 between the two forms are common, but are assigned to one subspecies 

 or the other according to the clearness and extent of the rufous color 

 on the front side of the hind femur. A distinct fuscous or brownish 

 tinge or extensive infuscation places the specimen in the subspecies 

 jraterna. 



Type: 9, on Solidago, Bottineau, N. Dak., Aug. 25, 1919, C. N. 

 Amslie (Washington, USNM 61710). 



