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transverse wrinkles; lateral lobe of mesoscutum polished, uith niuner- 

 ous fine punctures and interspersed coarse deep punctures that are 

 separated by about their diameter; ovipositor sheath about 1.8 as 

 long as the forewing. 



There are two subspecies, separable on color as indicated in the key 

 and in the descriptions below. 



8a. RHYDINOFOENUS FLORIDANUS BRADLEYI. new anbspeciea 



Blackish. Apical part of clypeus, mandible, tegula, front and 

 middle legs, more or less of hind coxa, and abdominal markings ful- 

 vous; flagellum tinged with fulvous except basally; front and middle 

 tibiae brownish fulvous, paler basally; hind coxa fulvous basally with 

 more or less of its apical part blackish, or sometimes entirely blackish; 

 hind tibia with a subbasal white mark; hind basitarsus of female 

 usually marked with white; wings subhyaline; apical 0.35±of second 

 and third tergites and apical 0.2 ± of fourth tergite fulvous ; apical 0.7 ± 

 of ovipositor sheath white. 



Type: U. S. N. M. No. 58831, 9, Put in Bay, Ohio, August 31, 1942, 

 R. W. Strand tman (Washington). 



Paratypes: 37 cf, 1039, from Connecticut (Colebrook and South 

 Meriden); District of Columbia (Rock Creek Park); Illinois 

 (Ottawa); Kansas (Lawrence); Maine (Lincoln County); Maryland 

 (Cabin John, Glen Echo, and Takoma Park); Massachusetts 

 (Bourne, Forest Hills, Holden, Holhston, and Melrose Highlands); 

 Michigan (Detroit); Missouri (Clayton); Mississippi (Belzoni); 

 New Hampshire (Durham); New Jersey (Bear Swamp near Ram- 

 sey, Clementon, Greenwood Lake, Midvale, Moorestown, and Ram- 

 sey); New York (Bemus Point, Buffalo, Canajoharie, Ithaca, Lake 

 George, Lockport, New York, North Baltimore, Nyack, Shokan, and 

 Vista); Ohio (Cantwell Clifl"s, Franklin County, Hocldng County, 

 Kelleys Island, Montgomery County, Ottawa County, Put in Bay, 

 and Ross County) ; Ontario (Fort Erie, Jordan, and Niagara Glen) ; 

 Pennsylvania (Carlisle Junction, Charter Oak, Enola, Lehigh Gap, 

 and Pike County); Rhode Island (Westerly); Texas (Brownsville 

 and Silver Lake at Chesham) ; and Virginia (Chain Bridge near the 

 District of Columbia, Dismal Swamp, East FaEs Church, FaUs 

 Church, and Glencarlyn). Dates of collection are mostly in June, 

 July, and August. Those outside these three months are as follows: 

 March 19 at Brownsville, Tex.; May 20 at Cabin John, Md.; May 22 

 at Lawrence, Kans. ; September 3 near Ramsey, N. J. ; September 1 1 at 

 Clementon, N. J.; October 18 at Buffalo, N. Y.; and October 22 at 

 Brownsville, Tex. 



This subspecies occurs from the Atlantic west to about the one- 

 hundredth meridian in the Transition and Upper Austral Zones and 

 occurs at Brownsville, Tex., which is a Lower Austral locality. It is 



