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western North America and Mexico plus 1 isolated species in Flor- 
ida and Cuba, another in the Peruvian Coastal Desert, and a 3rd in 
the Argentine Chaco. Compsocryptus fuscofasciatus from Peru 
has the fore wing yellow with 2 brown bands, while in the Argentine 
C. melanostigma the fore wing is dark with a broad median yellow 
cross band and a large subapical yellow blotch. Townes (1962) has 
fully characterized the North American species. Compsocryptus 
inhabits a variety of exposed situations at altitudes below 1500 m, 
including deserts, Thorn Scrub, Subtropical and Tropical Decidu- 
ous forests, and disturbed sites in humid Neotropic forests. The 
species fly mostly from fall to spring. Compsocryptus melanostigma 
has been reared as a solitary parasite from noctuid moth pupae. 
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