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1893a, p. 49; 1893b, p. 307.— CoquUlett, 1893, pp. 311, 312.— Dyar, 1902 

 [1903], no. 6573; 1903b, p. 103.— Kearfott, 1903, no. 7111.— Barnes and 

 McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8469.— McDunnough, 1939, no. 9832.— 

 Busck, 1947, p. 184. 



Adult (fig. 77). — Wiiig expanse: male 9-11 mm; female, 9-15 mm. 



Head: Whitish with a few scattered brown hairs; labial palpus 

 white, intermixed with dark brown hau's. 



Thorax: Ventral half whitish, dorsmn fuscous. Upper and lower 

 surface of primaries unicolorus, brownish to fuscous, with a somewhat 

 metallic bronze luster. Secondaries very sparsely scaled, semi- 

 transparent, scales hahlike; fringe of both wmgs brownish. 



Abdomen: Completely fuscous in male; fuscous above in female, 

 ventral half either fuscous or whitish. 



Male genitalia (fig. 101). — Apex of tegimien simple, not clef ted. 

 Valves relatively slender, somewhat constricted near middle, with a 

 prominent lobe arising from sacculus; outer margin of cucullus 

 rounded, Avithout spines. 



Female genitalia (figs. 127, 147). — Apex of ovipositor with dorsal 

 ridge prominently arched, gradually terminating into ovipositor shaft; 

 ridge Avith approximately 17-21 teeth. Signum reduced to a minute 

 bar-shaped sclerotization which may or may not be forked at one end. 



Type. — Lectotype (designated by present author), 9, Caliente, 

 Kern Co., Calif., collected by H. K. Morrison, USNM 423; in the U.S. 

 National Museum. 



Type locality. — Caliente, Kern Co., Calif, (lectotype). 



Recorded host. — "Yucca whipplei Torrey" (Riley, 1892a). Larva 

 bores in flower stalk of host. 



Parasite. — "Braconidae: Heterospilus koebelei (Ashmead)" (Riley 

 and Howard, 1890). 



Distribution (map 15). — Presently known to occur only in south- 

 ern California. 



Material examined. — 142 cf cf and 149 99. 



UNITED STATES: California: Kern Co.: Caliente, cf, paralcctotype 

 (LACM); ?, lectotype, 2 d'd', 3 ? ?, paralectotypes (USNM). Havilah, 

 10 d' cf , 16 ? 9 , June 1-15 (USNM). Lebec, 35 cf cf , 9 9 ? , June 20 (LACM). 

 Los Angeles Co.: 4 9 9 , July (LACM); 6 cf cf , 6 9 9 (USNM); 8 cf cf , 7 9 9, 

 May-July (USNM). Los Angeles, 9 , June 22 (USNM). Sierra Madre, 3 cf cf , 

 9, May 30 (USNM). Monterey Co.: Arroyo Seco, 2 cf cf , 9, May 17 (USNM). 

 Orange Co.: Mojeska [east of Santa Ana], cf , 3 9 9, May 23 (LACM). River- 

 side Co.: Mt. Santa Rosa [near Temecula], cf , May 30 (LACM). Palm Springs, 

 cf, 9 9 9, March (USNM). San Bernardino Co.: Cajon Pass, 2 cf cf, 2 9 9, 

 June 12 (LACM). Camp Baldy, San Bernardino Mts., 9, July 13 (AFB); 

 4 cf cf, 13 9 9, June 24r-July 23 (USNM). Lucerne Valley, 4 cf cf , 13 9 9, 

 May 7-26 (LACM) ; cf , 9 , May 7 (USNM). Phelan, 3 miles west of, cf , 3 9 9 , 

 May 23 (LACM). San Bernardino, 6 9 9, May 28 (LACM); 35 cf cf , 15 9 9 , 

 May 1-12 (USNM). San Diego Co.: Fallbrook, cf, 9, Apr. 3 (LACM). San 



