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I 6 and Ulan-Baator, Nucht im Bogdo ul, 1500-1600 m, 21. VII. 1967. (Nr. 931), 1 o} Uvs aimak: zw. See Örög nuur und der Stadt Ulaangom, 2-7 km OSO vom Pass Ulaan davaa, 16901950 m, 28. VI. 1968 (Nr. 1032), lé. It is noted that both female and male specimens of the species were found in Mongolia as in Europe. In Far East Asia including Japan no male specimen has been found. Fig. 1, antenna (3rd and following segments); 2 and 3, petiole; 4-6, fore wing; 7-10, ovipositor sheath. 1, 3, 4 and 7, Ephedrus minor, <j>; 2, E, brevis, é; 5 and 8, E. plagiator, (£; 6 and 10, E.niger, o; 9

+ E, lacertosus, o_. Ephedrus minor Stelfox Ephedrus plagiator Nees var. minor Stelfox, 1941, Proc. R. Irish Acad. (B), 46: 135-136. Ephedrus minor: Stary, 1958, Acta Faun. ent. Mus. Nat. Pragae, 3: 72-74. cj>. Temple in dorsal view a little longer than eye (5:4), parallel just behind eye; face 1/2 as broad as head. Eye without pubescence. Antenna (fig. 1) becoming gradually stouter towards apex; 1st flagellar segment 4 times as long as broad at base and longer than the 2nd (6:5), and the 8th and 9th not distinctly separated from each other. Mesoscutum weakly arched, falling gently into pronotum and sparsely hairy along notaulus and on anterior and lateral sides; notaulus distinctly but shallowly impressed only on anterior 1/5 and thereafter almost effaced. Propodeum completely areolated, with a pentagonal areola rather narrow, the postmedian longitudinal carinae being almost parallel. Petiole (fig. 3) a little less than twice as