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New records: Cincinnati, Ohio; 16 Sept. 1905; male, 
$ e-3L (U.S.N.M.). Pennsylvania; C.F. Baker; male, 
<2 p-4R (U.S.N.M.). Washington, D.C.; Oct. 1884; male, 
$ e-4R, $ -5L (U.S.N.M.) . 
Polistes fuscatus (Fabr.) var. perplcxus (Cresson). Pierce, 
1909, 183: Texas; $ e. 
Polistes fuscatus (Fabr.) var. rubiginosus (Lepel.). Brues, 
1903, 242 : Austin, Texas ; Oct. 1901 ; C. T. Brues ; $ and 
$ of Xenos nigrescens described p. 247. Brues, 1905, 
290: Paris, Texas; 22 May; C. T. Brues: $ and triun- 
gulinids of Xenos nigrescens Brues. Pierce, 1909, 184 : 
Round Mountain, Texas ; $ e and $ . Logansport, Louis- 
iana; 6 June; W. D. Pierce; ^p and $ of Xenos rubi- 
ginosi described p. 132. New Boston, Texas; 26 
Sept. 1906 ; F. C. Bishopp ; male, $ e-3L, $ e-4R, 
$ e-4stR ; and male, $ p-3L, $ e-4stL, $ e-5R (both U.S. 
N.M.). Henrietta, Texas; 50ct. 1906; F. C. Bishopp; 
male, $ e-4L (U.S.N.M.) . Mineola, Texas ; 19 July 1906 ; 
Bishopp and Jones ; female, $ e-2R, $ e2-L, $ e-3stR, $ e- 
4stL, $ -4L, $ e-4R, $ e-5L (U.S.N.M.). Waco, Texas; 
29 Aug. 1906; F. C. Bishopp; female, $ e-3L, $ e-4R, 
( $ removed?) of Xenos pecosensis described p. 128 (U. 
S.N.M.). Texas; $ of Xenos maximus described p. 132. 
See also P. canadensis var. metricus (Say). Pierce, 
1911, 507: Arlington, Texas; 30 Sept.; $ e. Tallulah, 
Louisiana; 29 Jan. and 16 Febr. ; V. I. Safro; $e and 
2 . 
Pierce, 1918, 490: New Orleans, Louisiana; E. Foster. 
New record: Victoria, Texas; 15 June 1904; female, 
$ e-2L (U.S.N.M.). 
Polistes fuscatus (Fabr.) var. variatus (Cresson.) Brues, 
190, 241 : parasitized by Xenos peckii Kirby. Pierce, 
1909, 184: in error for P. fuscatus var. pallipes (Le- 
pel.). Robertson, 1910, 324: Carlinville, Illinois; 30 
Sept. ; Chas. Robertson. Wheeler, 1910, 377 : Chicago, 
Illinois; W. M. Wheeler. Pierce, 1911, 507: Church’s 
Island, Maryland; 3 Nov.; W. L. McAtee; $ and 2. 
Pierce, 1918, 490: Clarksville, Tennessee; 10 Nov. 1915; 
