. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 16 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 68 Male,—Length 13 mm. Body black with creamy white markings, legs largely ferruginous; punctation average; pubescence average. Head subequal in width to thorax, black except for a large lateral eye patch, the clypeus and an elongate patch between the antennal scrobes, all of which are creamy white; clypeal border with three sabequal black denticles; mandibles without denticles, ferruginous with darker apices; antennae black. Thorax black except the pronotum, a small patch on the posterior lobe of the prono


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 16 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 68 Male,—Length 13 mm. Body black with creamy white markings, legs largely ferruginous; punctation average; pubescence average. Head subequal in width to thorax, black except for a large lateral eye patch, the clypeus and an elongate patch between the antennal scrobes, all of which are creamy white; clypeal border with three sabequal black denticles; mandibles without denticles, ferruginous with darker apices; antennae black. Thorax black except the pronotum, a small patch on the posterior lobe of the pronotum, band on the scutellum, the metanotum, large patches on the propodeum, a triangular patch on the pleuron and a small patch on the tegulae, all of which are creamy white; tegulae low and smooth; enclosure smooth except for a medial groove and. Figure 4. Central Mexico, E. atrata, new species 1 ^SL-^., evanescent grooves basad; mesosternal tubercles absent; legs fer- ruginous except for a small creamy white spot on each of the fore and mid femori and the basal parts of all legs which are dark fuscous to black; wings subhyaline with a clouded area on the anterior part apically. Abdomen black except for a broad band constricted medially on tergum 1, a broad band deeply emarginate on tergum 2, narrow bands widening laterally on terga 3, 4, and 5, emarginate band on tergum 6, broken band on sternum 2, band on sternum 3 and lateral patches on sternum 4, all of which are creamy white; prominent rows of bristles on sterna 3 and 4, a shorter row of short appressed bristles on sternum 5; pygidium as illustrated (fig, 62f). Types.—The 9 type and 6^ allotype were taken 17 mi. NE. of San Luis Potosl, S,L,P,, Mexico, Sept, 6, 1963, at 6,200 ft, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States Na


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