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rugoso-punctate; dorsum and posterior face of propodeum reticulato-punctete ; 
propleura with a few large punctures, interspersed with very fine punctures, 
cephalic margin with a weak carina extending ebout half way from the ventral 
margin to the humeral tubercle; mesepisternum and mesepimeron with large 
punctures, separated on the ventral half, confluent on the dorsal half; metapleura 
polished, with a few large punctures near the ventral margin; sides of propodeum 
coarsely punctate; tegulae convex, polished, punctate near the besal margin. 
Abdomen black, second tergite with two large, ferruginous spots, covering 
almost the whole of the tergite; abdomen clothed with moderately dense, long, 
erect, black pubescence, except that on the ferruginous spots the pubescence is 
more or less yellowish: first abdominal segment strongly petiolate; first tergite 
coarsely, confluently punctate throughout; disc of second tergite with moderate 
punctures, separated by about their own width; tergites 3-6 very closely, moder- 
ately punctate; pygidial area feebly longitudinally rugose; second sternite with 
strong, separated punctures, medially with an ovate pit, about three times as 
long as wide, closely packed with erect bristles; sternited 3-6, punctate at the 
apical margin; ultimate sternite with strong, separated punctures. 
Wings dark; cell R4 indistinct. 
Legs black, clothed with black hairs. 
Holotype: & July 28, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county, 
Minnesota (C. E. Mickel), collection University of Minnesota. — 
Paratypes: COLORADO: ¢ August 7, 1899, Durango; g Au- 
Susts iO, pro04, soterline 6. CONNECTICUT: «16 sAtieust 25} 
1g09, Lyme (A. Champlain); ¢ August 28, 1909, Lyme (A. Cham- 
plain). ILLINOIS: ¢ July 12, 1895, Algonquin; ¢ July 15, 1894, 
Algonquin; 26 July 22, 1894, Algonquin; ¢ July 1, 1901, Belvidere 
Wy ao. riereeyer dtuse4, Hayanay? KANSAS s\( '3) July ira Riley 
county (Popenoe); 24 July 17, Riley county (Popenoe) ; 34 July 109, 
Riley county (Popenoe); ¢ July 21, Riley county (Popenoe) ; 24 
July 22, Riley county (G. A. Dean); ¢ July 25, Riley county (G. A. 
Dean); ¢ August 9, Riley county (Popenoe); ¢ August 9, Riley 
county (J. B. Norton); ¢ August 25, Riley county (G. A. Dean) ; 
26 August 27, Rooks county; 3 ¢ September 1, Riley county (Pope- 
noe) s/o sjulyen7;, 1901;) Wellsville.» LOUISIANA: | 6¢.2-MASSA= 
CHUSE TERS igdvAucust 18, 1890, Elyannisport: (J. Ie-Zabriskie):; 
é August, 1898, Woods Hole (C. L. Marlatt), MINNESOTA: 
per iilyas, 1922, Ia vCrescent (C: Ey Mickel)aserAueust 1 7;| 1900; 
Gray Cloud Island; $ August 20, 1898, Gray Cloud Island; 84 
July 12, 1921, Gray Cloud Island (Wm. A. Riley); ¢ August 0, 
1899, St. Anthony Park, Ramsey county; ¢ July 13, 1911, Ramsey 
county; ¢ July 21, 1911, Washington county; $¢ August 2, 1922, 
St. Peter (R. R. Holland); ¢ July 6, 1910, Hennepin county; 114 
July 27, 1922, Ft. Snelling (C. E. Mickel); 26 July 21, 1922, Frid- 
ley sand dunes, Anoka county (C. E. Mickel); 8 July 24, 1922, 
