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15. Eucerceris insignis Provancher 



Figures 18, 73 a, b, c, d, e, f 



Eucerceris insignis Provancher, 1889, p. 418. — Ashmead, 1899, p. 295. — Viereck, 

 1902, p. 731.— Gahan and Rohwer, 1917, p. 389.— Scullen,1939, pp. 18, 

 19, 43-45, figs. 28, 43, 68, 82, 101, 117, 131, 148; 1948, pp. 156, 158, 178; 

 1951, p. 1012. 



Cerceris provancheri Dalla Torre, K. W. von, 1890, p. 204. — Dalla Torre, C. G., 

 1897, p. 470. 



Type. — The lectotype male of E. insignis Provancher is at the 

 United States National Museum. Provancher records it as a female 

 by mistake. It was taken in Los Angeles County, Calif. (Coquillette) . 



Distribution. — California, Utah and Baja California, Mexico 

 with one questionable record from Utah. The writer has identified 



Figure 18. Southwestern U.S. E. insignis Provancher 



491 specimens from California, 173 specimens from Nevada (Douglas, 

 Ormsby, and "Washoe counties) and three from Baja California 

 (Descanso, Ensenada and 10 mi. W. of Meling Ranch). The question- 

 able record from Utah is Fish Springs. 



Prey record. — None. 



Plant records. — (All from California) Achillea millefolium; 

 Angelica sp. Asclepias sp.; Baccharis douglasii; Carum Kelloggii; 

 Clematis sp.; Daucu^ carota; Eriogonum Jasciculaium polifolium; 

 E. nudum; Eriastrum eremicum; Mentha Pulegium; Solidago sp.; 

 Symphoricarpos albus; Wild buckwheat. 



16a. Eucercegris lacunosa lacunosa Scullen 



Figures 19, 75 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j 



Eucerceris lacunosa Scullen, 1939, pp. 18, 19-20, figs. 37, 37a, 76, 109, 123, 136, 



c?; 1948, pp. 155, 159; 1951, p. 1012; 1961, pp. 48-49. 

 Eucerceris arizonensis Scullen, 1939, pp. 18, 20-21, figs. 14, 57, 90, 137, 9 ; 1948, 



p. 157; 1951, p. 1011. 



Types: The type male of E. lacunosa Scullen from Bill Williams 

 Fork, Ariz., August (F. H. Snow) is in the collection of the University 



