. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ICHNEUMON-FLIES, PART 2\ EPHIALTINAE 55 8. Scambus (Scambus) brevicornis (Gravenhorst) Figures 311,1; 320,j Pimpla brevicornis Gravenhorst, 1829, Ichneumonologia europaea, vol. 3, p. 211; d\ 9- Types: o71 d", 9 9, Germany (Wroclaw). Epiurus bicoloripes Ashmead, 1902, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 4, p. 201; 9- New synonymy. Type: 9, Berg Bay, Alaska (Washington). Male: Front wing to mm. long; antenna with 18 to 22 segments; cheek very short, about breadth of base of mandible; temple, as seen from above, moderately rounded
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ICHNEUMON-FLIES, PART 2\ EPHIALTINAE 55 8. Scambus (Scambus) brevicornis (Gravenhorst) Figures 311,1; 320,j Pimpla brevicornis Gravenhorst, 1829, Ichneumonologia europaea, vol. 3, p. 211; d\ 9- Types: o71 d", 9 9, Germany (Wroclaw). Epiurus bicoloripes Ashmead, 1902, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 4, p. 201; 9- New synonymy. Type: 9, Berg Bay, Alaska (Washington). Male: Front wing to mm. long; antenna with 18 to 22 segments; cheek very short, about breadth of base of mandible; temple, as seen from above, moderately rounded and about times as long as eye; thorax moderately stout; propodeum rather short, with dorsomedial carinae strong and extending from base to apical , dorsal area with large, shallow, sparse punctures, sides more densely punctate and more or less rugose; legs stout, front femur very broad without excision beneath, front tibia slightly bent; abdomen rather stout; tergite 1 almost as broad as long, with median carinae strong and extending to apex, sides and central area beyond middle with irregular sculpture and scattered punctures; tergite 2 with coarse, dense punctures, except on apex; tergites 3-7 punctate, except on apices, with punctures progressively weaker on successive tergites; body with rather long, conspicuous vestiture. Black. Pedicel yellowish beneath; flagellum blackish above at base, becoming brownish above toward apex, beneath pale brown to yel- lowish brown; maxillary palpus pale yellowish; labial palpus pale brown to fuscous; tegula and hind angle of pronotum yellowish; stigma brownish to blackish, narrowly paler at base and apex or with narrow pale margins; legs very variable, but usually with all femora and front and middle tibiae reddish (rarely with hind femur, and to a lesser degree middle femur, suffused with fuscous); coxae varying from entirely red to entirely black; trochanters usually yellowish to reddish, but occasionally middle and hind trocha
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