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PSEUDAGENIA METALLICA Banks. 



Calif.: Ramona, 15 August, Santa Clara Co., May, Blue Lake, 

 Humboldt Co., 20-27 June, :\Its. near Clareniont (Baker), Clareniont'; 

 B. Col.: Revelstoke, Selkirk Mts., July; Wash.: Wenas Valley,' 

 Yakima River, July, 1882. 



Priocxemis. 



1. \Miolly black , 2 



Abdomen more or less reddish 3 



2. Metanotum transversely \\Tinkled; clj-peal margin concave hesperus. 



Metanotum not striate or very minutely so; cljpeal margin truncate. 



pomjnliis. 



3. Head, thorax, coxae, and femora very hairy, larger species comparatus. 



Thorax, coxae, and femora not noticeably hairy 4 



4. Dark cloud in wing; cK-peus all black; inner spur hind tibia one half of 



basitarsus alienatus. 



No dark cloud in wing; clypeal margin pale; inner spur of hind tibia not 

 one half of the basitarsus placitus. 



Priocnemis comparatus (Smith). 



Washington (Kincaid); Calif.: Blue Lake, Humboldt Co., 20-26 

 Jxme, Mendocino, San Jose. 



Priocxemis aliexatus (Smith). 



B. Col.: Revelstoke, Selkirk Mts., 4-6 July. 



Eastern specimens do not differ from those from Revelstoke. 



Priocxemis placitus (Banks), 

 CaKf.: Lemoncove, Tulare Co., 7-11 July. 



Priocnemis pompilus Cresson. 



Washington (Kincaid); Calif.: Felton, Santa Cruz Mts., 15-16 

 May. 



