﻿NEARCTIC SPECIES OP GASTERUPTIIDAE — TOWNES 143 



F Specimens. — Many males and females from Alberta (Banff, 

 Medicine Hat, Nordegg, Radnor, and Waterton) ; Arizona (Flagstaff 

 at 7,000 feet and Mount Lemon in the Santa Catalina Mountains at 

 7,800 and at 9,150 feet); British Columbia (Atlin, Likely, Nelson, 

 Revelstoke, Robson, Rolla, Salmon Arm, and Seton Lake near 

 Lillooet) ; California (Alexander Valley in Sonoma County, Berkeley, 

 Giant Forest at 6,400 to 7,000 feet, Gold Lake in Sierra County, 

 Huntington Lake in Fresno County at 7,000 feet, Los Gatos, Meadow 

 Valley in Plumas County at 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Mineralking, Santa 

 Cruz, Strawberry Valley in El Dorado County, and Wood Creek in 

 Fresno County at 8,000 feet); Colorado (Boulder, Harry Creek at 

 Marshall Pass at 9,000 to 10,850 feet, and Manitou); Idaho (Bear 

 Pass Creek in Butte County and Four Mile Camp at Priest Lake) ; 

 Montana (Lake Roman in Lake County, Swift Current in Glacier 

 National Park, and Wliitefish) ; New Mexico (Beulah at 8,000 feet and 

 Rio Ruidoso in the White Mountains at 6,500 feet); Northwest 

 Territories (Fort Wrigley on the Mackenzie River); Ontario 

 (Sudbury); Oregon (Baker at 3,400 feet, Corvallis, Lick Creek 

 Ranger Station in the Wallowa National Park at 4,600 feet, Ontario, 

 Pameha Lake on Mount Jefferson at about 3,000 feet. Pine Creek 

 Canyon in Baker County at 4,600 to 5,300 feet. Queen Mine above 

 Cornucopia at 5,000 feet. Sheep Mountain Lookout in Grant County 

 at 7,500 feet, 8 miles northwest of Sisters, and Wilton) ; Saskatchewan 

 (Earl Grey and Waskesiu Lake) ; Utah (Beaver Range Mountains at 

 8,000 to 10,000 feet, Logan, Park City, and Timpanogoa Mountain) ; 

 Washington (Palouse Mountains in Whitman County and Mount 

 Rainier at 2,500 and 2,900 feet); and Wyoming (Bridge Basin and 

 Yellowstone National Park). Most dates of captm-e of this species 

 are during June, July, and August. There are a number of others 

 in May and one each in April (April 28) and September (September 5). 

 This species is common in the Canadian Zone of the United States 

 from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains. It is present and inter- 

 grades with R. barnstoni barnstoni in western Canada. 



n. RHYDINOFOENUS OCCIDENT ALIS (Cresson), new combination 



Foenus occidentalis Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 3, p. 131, 1864. 



Type: ? , Colorado (Philadelphia) . 

 Gasteruption egregium Schletterer, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 4, p. 486, 



1890. Type: ?, Rocky Mountains (Geneva). (New synonymy.) 



Tegula piceous or black; occipital carina sharply reflexed, about 0.36 

 as high as width oj jlagellum. 



Forewing about 8.0 mm. long; top of head with very fine punctures 

 that are more distant than usual and with more or less distinct fine 

 transverse wrinMing; temple moderately convex; head about 0.40 



