ceropalinae: tribe ceropalini 



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1935, L. W. Noble (Washington). 9, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Aug. 

 15, 1951, R. H. Painter (Evans). 9, Puerto Castilla, Honduras, 

 J. C. Bequaert (Cambridge), cf, Mulege, Baja California, Mexico, 

 May 14, 1921, E. P. Van Duzee (San Francisco), cf, San 

 Jose de Guayamas, Mexico, Apr. 10, L. O. Howard (Washington), d^, 

 Tejupilco, Temescaltepec, Mexico, June 17, 1933, H. E. Hinton and 

 R. L. Usinger (San Francisco), cf , Villagran, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 

 June 7, 1951, H. E. Evans (Evans). 2 9, Mexico (Philadelphia), d^, 

 Neuvo Limon, Panam^, Sept. 1946, N. L. H. Krauss (Townes). 

 This subspecies occm*s from Panamd into southern Texas. 



Figure 145. — Localities for Ceropales cuhensis alhopicta. 



2b. Ceropales cuhensis cuhensis Cresson 



Ceropales cuhensis Cresson, 1865, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 132, 

 "?"=cf. Lectotype: d', Cuba (Philadelphia). 



Smaller punctures on frons, mesoscutum, and mesopleuron sharp 

 and distinct. 



Hind tibia rufous, the apex usually somewhat infuscate, or in some 

 females the entire tibia infuscate ; abdomen of female blackish, marked 

 with white or ivory as follows: sublateral subapical reniform spot on 

 first tergite, subapical stripe on second to fourth tergites (these with a 

 deep sublateral emargination) ; a median semicircular apical spot and 

 usually a smaller sublateral spot on fifth tergite; and a large sub- 

 circular spot covering the median portion of the sixth tergite. The 

 pattern of pale spots is the same as in the subspecies alhopicta, but the 

 average extent of these markings is gi'eater. 



Specimens: cf (type), Cuba (Philadelphia), cf, St. Georges, 

 leeward side of Grenada, West Indies, H. H. Smith (Washington), 

 cf, 9, Kingston, Jamaica (Washington and Townes). 9, Santo 

 Domingo (Washington), cf , 9, no data (Washington). 



This subspecies is restricted to the West Indies. 



