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those on the fifth segment rather approximate. Anterior tarsi not flat- 
tened; legs black; line on anterior femora beneath, tips of intermediate 
femora, all the tibiae except a large spot behind, and first’ joint of all the 
tarsi, all yellow. 
@. Length 8 to 9.5 mm. Similar to the male; differs as follows: an- 
tennae entire; more yellow on the pronotum; large spot on prepectus 
yellow; scutellum and metanotum both yellow; pygidium narrowed and 
excavated at the tip. 
Type, a male collected at Auburn, California, July 26, 1916 (L. 
_ Bruner). Allotype, a female collected at Auburn, California, 
_ September 20, 1916 (L. Bruner). Seven male paratypes as fol- 
lows: Auburn, California, July 15, 1916 (L. Bruner) ; July 26, 
1916 (L. Bruner) (2); September 20, 1916 (L. Bruner) (2); 
Sacramento, California, October 3, 1916 (L. Bruner), and Oc- 
tober 6, 1916 (L. Bruner). Four female paratypes as follows: 
Auburn, California, July 26, 1916 (L. Bruner) ; September 20,, 
1916 (L. Bruner) (2); and Sacramento, California, September 
26, 1016 (LL. Bruner). 
Related to odyneroides but differs from that species by the 
broadly margined occiput, the strongly dentate pronotum and 
other characters such as puncturation and coloration. 
Crabro (Hoplocrabro) vierecki H. S. Smith. 
1908. Crabro vierecki H. S. Smith, Univ. Nepr. Stupres, VIII, p. gor. 
A specimen of this species was taken July 5, 1917, at Worland, 
Wyoming, by L. Bruner. This record considerably extends the 
known range of this species. 
Subfamily Philanthinae 
Philanthus siouxensis Mickel. 
1916. Philanthus siouxensis Mickel, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., XLII, p. 
406. 
Third word, line 24, page 407, should read “ female” instead 
of “ male.” 
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF OCOCLETES 
1. Abdomen with rather close, moderate to fine punctures ............ 2 
Abdomen shining, with scattered, larger punctures ................ 4 
2. Ground color of basal abdominal segment black ................... 3. 
Ground color of basal abdominal segment red ............... basilaris 
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