CAMERON, DIPLOPTERYGA FROM THE SOUTHWEST 85 



scutellum, the sides of the median segments largely, a large broad conical 

 mark on the base of the mesopieurae, a smaller irregular one below it, broad 

 bands on the five basal abdominal segments, and all of the apical segment, 

 bright yellow. Antennal scape yellow, black above, the flagellum orange-red, 

 the apical half black above. Legs black, the fore femora except broadly on 

 top at the base, the middle femora except at the apex, the posterior femora 

 more narrowly, and the tibiae and tarsi, yellow. Wings fulvous hyaline, the 

 apex fuscous-violaceous, the stigma and nervures fulvous. Female length 

 8 mm. Durango, Colorado, (Oslar). 



Front and vertex strongly coarsely punctured, the clypeus much more 

 sparsely and weakly punctured and surrounded by a black line, except on the 

 transverse apex, which is fulvous. Occiput distinctly roundly excised. Base 

 of thorax transverse, the sides hardly projecting. Apex of postscutellum 

 broadly rounded. Propleurae irregularly obliquely striated, the mesopieurae 

 strongly punctured with a large closely striated triangular space at the apex, 

 the metapleurae smooth with the apex irregularly punctured. Abdomen closely 

 somewhat strongly punctured. Apex of tibiae and the apices of the tarsal 

 joints with rufous spines. 



