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Wings pale, tinged with blackish; dorsum of abdomen with 

 its basal fourth blackish, as is apical half of succeeding' 

 portion, rest brownish stramineous; length of body and 

 ovipositor as in annulipes as stated above waldeni 



11. Propodeum reddish 12 



Propodeum black; reddish color of thorax confined to meta- 



pleurae; legs mostly black, except hind coxse and femora 

 which are red; wings fuscous. Length 5 mm. (male).... 



rugareolatus 



12. Reddish color of thorax confined to metapleurae 13 



Reddish color of thorax not confined to metapleurae 14 



13. Hind legs as in rugareolatus, except tibiae and tarsi, which 



are brown; wings fuscous; length 10 mm.; exserted portion 



of ovipositor as long as body sanctus 



Hind legs reddish, except tibise and tarsi, which are brown; 

 wings fuscous; length 6 mm.; exserted portion of oviposi- 

 tor 5 mm. long simillimus 



14. Thorax mostly reddish; legs dark brown, except hind coxae 



and femora, which are reddish; wings fuscous; length 8.5 



mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor 11 mm. long imitatus 



Thorax reddish, except dorsulum.which is black, and scufeel 

 and propleurae, which are blackish; legs mostly black, hind 

 coxae reddish, their femora mostly brown; wings fuscous; 

 length 4 mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor 5 mm. long 



buttricki 



B. (Euagathis?) sanctus Say. Scudder, Butterflies of New 

 England, Vol. iii, PL 88, Fig. 10. 



There are at least two hosts of this species, as folftws: the 

 skipper (Nisoniades) Thanaos juvenalis, the larvae of which feed 

 on wild beans and other legumes and on oak; and another skip- 

 per, Pholisora catullus, the larvae of which are known to devour 

 goosefoot or pigweed (Cheno podium) and amaranth (Amaran- 

 tus). 



New Haven, 28 June, 1902 (E. J. S. M.). 



B. (Bassus) discolor Cresson. 



Branford, 22 August, 1904 (H. W. W.). 



B. (B.) agilis Cresson. 



Has been bred from the larva of Pyrausta theseusalis, P. 

 futilalis, Aristotelia absconditella, Archips rileyana, and A. 

 infumatana. 



West Haven, 27 June, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; Branford, 29 July, 

 1904 (P. L. B.). 



