ceropalinae: tribe ceropalini 



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Coloration as in (7. rugata except that there is usually a small white 

 spot on the scutellum and that the tibial spurs are a little paler. 



Specimens (19 c?*, 119): From Georgia (Bainbridge) ; Kansas (Bald- 

 win, Manhattan, and Pottawatomie County) ; Louisiana (Opelousas) ; 

 Texas (Fedor, "Neuecest," New Braunfels, Kosser, and Williamson 

 County); Virginia (Falls Chiu-ch); Mexico (15 km. east of Sombrerete 

 in Zacatecas) ; and Panama (La Chorrera). 



Dates of capture range from Apr. 12 at La Chorrera, Panamd, and 

 Apr. 28 at "Neuecest," Tex., to Oct. 10 in Williamson County, Tex. 



This species occurs from Virginia to Kansas and southward to 

 Panama. 



Figure 158. — Localities for CeropaUs hatoda. 



11. Ceropales hatoda Brimley 



CeropaUs hatoda Brimley, 1928, Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Sec, vol. 43, p. 201, 

 d". Type: cf, Raleigh, N. C. (Raleigh). 



Forewing 3.3 to 5.2 mm. long; second flagellar segment about 1.35 

 as long as wide; frons with dense, sharp, moderately small punctures 

 and scattered, inconspicuous, larger punctures whose diameters are 

 about L2 to 1.5 as great as those of the smaller punctures; longer 

 hairs on frons about 1.0 as long as the diameter of a male ocellus or L5 

 as long as the diameter of a female ocellus; punctures on upper half of 

 mesopleuron rather large and deep, separated by about 1.6 their diam- 

 eter; punctures on lower half of mesopleuron a little smaller and 

 separated by 3 to 4 times their diameter; male subgenital plate ligu- 

 late, narrowed to a rounded apex, its sides upcurved; female subgenital 

 plate triangular in side view, a little shorter than in C.femoralis and C. 

 rugata. 



Colored as in C. rugata, except that the pale markings are a little 

 smaller, that the scutellum usually has a small white spot, and that the 

 legs are black except for the whitish markings described for C. rugata. 



