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Genus Pachysomoides 
32. Pachysomoides stupidus (Cresson) 
SPECIMEN EXAMINED: 1 female, Bentsen Park, 24 XII ’75. 
HABITAT: Netted from Ulmus crassifolia at edge of forest trail. 
DISTRIBUTION: N.C. to Fla., Tex., and south to Brasil. 
PHAENOLOGY: North of the Valley stupidus flies mostly between 
between August and October. 
33. Pachysomoides fulvus (Cresson) 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 5 females: BENTSEN PARK {Net: 1, 12-20 
III 77; 1, 29 XII 76); BOTANICAL GARDEN {Net: 26 I 75; 1, 12-20 
III 77; 1, 20-31 XII 73). 
HABITAT: Undergrowth of well shaded woods; dense weeds in 
untended orange grove. 
DISTRIBUTION: U.S. and southern Canada to Mexico and Cuba. 
PHAENOLOGY: North of the Valley fulvus is active mainly from 
early summer to mid-fall but, in mild years, still may be flying up 
to December and January as far north as Maryland, Nebraska, 
and British Columbia. 
Genus Messatoporus 
34. Messatoporus discoidaloides (Cresson) 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 4 females, 5 males: BENTSEN PARK {Net: 
2 females, 13-19 I 76; 1 male, 27 XII 75; 1 female, 29 XII 76; 
Malaise: 1 male, 1-15 IX 76); BOTANICAL GARDEN {Net: 2 males, 
12-20 III 77; 1 female, 1 IV 75; 1 female, 19 XII 76). 
HABITAT: Shaded places; Serjania vines in Celtis-Salix gallery 
woods; Celtis lindheimeri-C. pallida association. 
DISTRIBUTION: Quebec and Minn, south to S.C. and Tex. 
PHAENOLOGY: Most common in the Valley from December to 
early April. Farther north it flies between May and November. 
Valley populations vary in abundance from year to year, as my 
data include no specimens for 73-74, 1 for 74-75, 3 for 75-76, 
and 5 for 76-77. 
Genus Agonocryptus 
35. Agonocryptus discoidaloides (Viereck) 
