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OOL from 1.2 to 1.3 X WOT. The male paratype is slightly 
smaller than the allotype (LFW 1.8 mm) and is very similar except 
that the posterior margin of the pronotum is preceded by a row of 
shallow foveae. 
Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) gracilis Evans, 1965 
I described this species from a female from Sacramento, California, 
and a male from near Durango, Mexico, remarking that the associa- 
tion seemed probable in spite of the distance between these two lo- 
calities. I have since seen a male from Danville, Contra Costa Co., 
California (F. X. Williams, Aug. 8, 1948) [CAS] agreeing so 
closely with the allotype from Durango that I feel confident that my 
association of the sexes was correct. This specimen is identical to 
the allotype in size, color, and most standard measurements, but 
OOL is only 1.15 X WOT. A female collected by F. X. Williams 
at Danville on May 29, 1952 [CAS] probably also belongs here, 
but the groove paralleling the posterior margin of the pronotum is 
virtually absent and OOL is only 1.10 X WOT; in size, color, 
and other standard measurements it is similar to the Sacramento type. 
Rhabdepyris ( Rhabdepyris ) nigripilosus (Ashmead), 
new combination 
Mesitius nigripilosus Ashmead, 1895, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (2) 5: 539. 
[Type: 9, MEXICO: NAYARIT: Tepic (CAS)]. 
Epyris nigripilosus Kieffer, 1914, Das Tierreich, 41: 345. — Evans, 1964, 
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard, 132: 108. 
Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) huachucae Evans, 1965, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 
Harvard, 133 : 73. [Type: $, ARIZONA: Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca 
Mts., March 22, 1956 (Werner & Butler) (MCZ)]. New synonymy 
Through the courtesy of Mr. Hugh B. Leech, I have recently had 
an opportunity to study the type of Ashmead’s nigripilosus , and I 
find that Kieffer and I were incorrect in assuming it to be an Epyris. 
Beyond much question it is a second specimen of the species I de- 
scribed from southeastern Arizona as huachucae. The type of nigri- 
pilos'us differs from that of huachucae in the following particulars: 
slightly larger (LFW 2.6 mm) ; front femora with only a small 
brownish blotch toward base, otherwise testaceous, middle femora 
wholly testaceous; head more nearly circular, WH .98 X LH ; front 
very narrow, WF and HE subequal, the punctures very slightly 
stronger and more closely spaced; OOL 1.35 X WOl ; propodeal 
disc somewhat broader, measuring 1.35 X as wide as its median 
length. This is a relatively large and distinctive species of the sub- 
genus. 
