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body, stout, flagellum with 13 joints, first joint distinctly longer than 

 thick, others to sixth gradually decreasing in length, seventh to 

 twelfth about as broad as long, apical joint elongate-ovate, more 

 than twice as long as thick. Thorax nearly twice as long as deep; 

 mesoscutum longer than broad, polished and sparsely punctate, 

 notauli briefly distinct ; scutellum elongate, strongly convex, polished 

 with faint scattered punctures, mesoplurum with a broad band of 

 oblique striation in middle, polished above and below ; metapleurum 

 rather densely punctate ; propodeum polished, areola, middle lateral 

 areas and margins of petiolar areas irregularly rugose; completely 



Pig. 2. — Pheudus Dakota Cushman. Drawn from type 



areolated, petiolar area occupying only about half median lengthy 

 areola much longer than broad, areolet obliquely pentagonal; legs 

 stout, hind femur hardly three times as long as deep. Abdomen 

 rather narrow, nearly four times as long as broad, polished; first 

 tergite very slender, decurved, longitudinally striate above; second 

 nearly as long as broad at apex. 



Black; legs pale testaceous to stramineous, antennae testaceous in 

 basal half, fuscous at apex ; wings hyaline, venation brown. 



Tyfe locality. — Spearfish, South Dakota. 



Type.— Caii. No. 40445, U.S.N.M. 



One specimen taken July 26, 1924. 



