IO Clarence E. Mickel 
posterior femora, all the tibiae (except a reddish area posteriorly), all 
lemon-yellow; all the tarsi reddish. Wings tinged with yellowish. 
6. Unknown. 
Type, a female collected at American River, Placer county, 
California, August 20, 1916 (L. Bruner). One paratype, Donner 
Lake, Placer county, California, August 24, 1916 (L. Bruner). 
Djstinct in the very sparse puncturation of the thorax and ab- 
domen. May possibly be the female of zebratus. 
Ococletes ventralis sp. nov. 
?. Length 15 to 16 mm. Black, shining; head covered with rather 
long, pale pubescence; frons finely rugoso-punctate above the insertion of 
the antennae; vertex and occiput shining, with sparse punctures; distance 
between the two posterior ocelli slightly greater than the distance between 
the lateral ocelli and the nearest eye-margin; first joint of the flagellum 
slightly longer than the second and third joints combined; mandibles 
{except apical third), clypeus, supraclypeal area, frons laterally up to 
emargination of eyes and a large, almost rectangular area medially (ex- 
cept a small black spot in the middle of this area), spot behind the eyes, 
scape beneath, and first two joints of flagellum beneath, all lemon-yellow. 
Thorax with rather long, pale pubescence; mesonotum with moderate 
punctures (rather close anteriorly and posteriorly); scutellum almost 
impunctate; mesepisterna and sides of propodeum with moderate, well- 
separated punctures; propodeum above punctured, channeled medially; 
band on pronotum interrupted medially, tegulae, small spot on posterior 
lobes of pronotum, prepectus above, two spots on scutellum, metanotum 
and two large lateral spots on the propodeum, all lemon-yellow. Abdo- 
men shining, the first segment with conspicuous pale pubescence; first 
tergite rather closely punctured laterally; remaining tergites with scat- 
tered punctures; large lateral spots on tergites one and two, band on 
tergite three narrowed medially, bands on tergites four, five, and six, 
lateral spots on sternite two, sternites three and four with bands greatly 
widened laterally, and lateral spots on sternite five, all lemon-yellow. 
Legs black; all the femora anteriorly and the apical third posteriorly, all 
the tibiae and tarsi, all lemon-yellow. Wings tinged with yellowish. 
3S. Unknown. 
Type, a female collected at Sacramento, California, October 
6. 190167 Eimer). 
Quite distinct in the scattered puncturation of the abdomen, 
the yellow on the propodeum and on the abdomen ventrally. 
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