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Abdomen black; first segment strongly nodose, carinate beneath 

 but not with a prominent tooth, basal medial area of the tergite 

 glabrous, remainder of tergite closely, confluently punctate; second 

 tergite moderately and closely punctate, the punctures very close 

 laterally, a little more separated on the disk; tergites 3-6 with mod- 

 erate, close punctures; last tergite punctate at the basal margin, the 

 apical two-thirds microscopically rugose, a fringe of pale hairs at 

 the apical margin; first tergite and anterior two-thirds of second 

 tergite clothed with long, erect, black hairs, posterior third of second 

 tergite, tergites 3-6, and basal margin of last tergite clothed with 

 long, erect, pale yellowish hairs; sternite two moderately punctate, 

 the punctures closer at the sides, also with a large, median pit, 

 densely filled with fine hairs ; sternites 3-6 sparsely punctured at the 

 apical margin; last sternite with moderate, separated punctures; 

 first sternite and basal margin of second sternite with very sparse, 

 long, erect pale hairs ; disk of second sternite with sparse, erect, black 

 hairs; sternites 2-5 with a thin, apical fringe of pale hairs; sternites 

 6-8 clothed with sparse black, erect hairs. 



Legs black, clothed with long, black hairs. 



Wings very dark fuscous. 



Allotype. — Male, Florence, Arizona, September 4, 1901 (C. K. 

 Biederman), in collection of American Entomological Society. 



Distrihutlan. — Arizona, California. Lower California, Mexico. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Arizona: 2 females, Santa Rita Mountains, July 16, 1921; female, Tucson, 

 June 6, 1903 (Oslar) ; female, male, Tucson. July 3; female, Tucson, July 

 9, 1921 ; 2 females, Tucson, July 11, 1920 ; female, Tucson, July 22, 1917 ; 

 female, Tucson, July 28, 1892; female, Tucson, August 24 (Wickham) ; 

 female, Sabino Canyon. Santa Cataliua Mountains, May 2, 1919 (W. D. 

 Edmonston) ; female, Sabino Canyon, October 4, 1923 (C. T. Vorhies) ; 

 8 females, near Kits Peak, Baboquivari Mountains, August 7-9, 1916 ; male, 

 Sonora Road Canyon, Tucson Mountains, July 25, 1907 (Hebard and 

 Rehn) ; female. Black Dike Prospect, Sierritas, July 26-29, 1916 ; female, 

 Pima County, July 26, 1918 ; female. Mesa, July 25, 1917 (W. D. Pierce) ; 

 female, Mesa, October 17 (Cockerell) ; female, Scottsdale, June 5, 1917 

 (M. B. Kimsey) ; female, Florence, May 8, 1903; male, Florence, June 24, 

 1903; 4 females, Florence, July 23, 1903 (C. R. Biederman) ; male, Florence, 

 July 25, 1903 (C. R. Biederman) ; male, female, Florence, September 20, 

 1903 (C. R. Biederman) ; female, Phoenix, June 20; female, Phoenix, June 

 30 (E. E. Russell) ; male, Phoenix, July 5. 1913 (E. E. Russell) ; female, 

 Phoenix, August 3, 1917 ; female, Phoenix, September 13 ; female. Phoenix, 

 November 8 ; male, Phoenix, November IS ; 2 males. Congress Junction, July 

 (F. H. Snow) ; female, Tuma, summer, 1900 (H. Brown) ; female, Yuma, 

 May 29, 1909 (F. C. Pratt). 

 California: Female, male, Brawley, Imperial county, August 9. 1914 (J. C. 

 Bradley). 



