Liotheronia Enderlein, 1919. Transf. from syn. of Theronia Holmgren, Cat. p. 202 (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 311).

*Dihyboplax Enderlein, 1919. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Sitzber, p. 148. Type: Dihyboplax flavipennis Enderlein. By orig. desig.

*Neogabunia Brèthes, 1927. Ent. Mitt., 16(4): 322.

Type: Neogabunia paulistana Brèthes. By monotypy.

*Pimpla subg. Oxypimpla Noskiewicz and Chudoba, 1951. Polskie Pismo Ent. 21 (1-4): 42.

Type: Pimpla turionellae Linnaeus. By monotypy.

Generic syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 311.

aequalis Provancher. Host: Polychrosis vitiana (Clem.).

aethiops Curtis. Remove from Catalog. Spm. listed from Greenland misdet. *annulipes Brullé. N. S. to Fla. west to Ont. and Tex. Hosts: Acrobasis caryae (Horn), Carpocapsa pomonella (L.), Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Gretchena bolliana (Sling.), Laspeyresia nigricana (Steph.), Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiff.), Salebria tenebrosella (Hulst.), Synanthedon pictipes (G. & R.), Thamnosphecia pyri (Harr.).

Pimpla annulipes Brullé, 1946. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v.4, p. 102. 9.

Coccygomimus inflatus (Townes) (syn. by Townes and Townes, 1960, p.

346).

aquilonia aquilonia Cresson, changed status. Newfoundland to Tenn. and N. C. west to Wis., Minn., Alta., Alaska. Hosts: Coleophora salmani Heinr., Lambdina fiscellaria (Guen.), Psilocorsis faginella Chamb.

Itoplectis exareolatus Ashmead. Remove from syn. and place as valid subsp. (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 324).

Pimpla yakutatensis Ashmead. Remove and place as syn. of subsp. exareolatus (Ashmead).

aquilonia exareolata (Ashmead). Alaska, B. C. to Sask., south to Calif., N. Mex. (Mts.), and Colo.

Pimpla yakutatensis Ashmead. Transf. from syn. of aquilonia Cresson (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 324).

*dimidiata (Townes), n. comb. Tex. (Hempstead).

Coccygomimus dimidiatus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 313, 350. ♂.

ellopiae Harrington. N. Mex., Mex. Host: Eucaterva variaria Grote.

*hesperus (Townes) n. comb. Alaska, Oreg., Calif., Ariz., Nev., N. Mex., Utah, Colo., Neb., S. Dak. Host: Rhyacionia frustrana bushnelli (Busck), Anarsia lineatella Zell., Udea rubigalis (Guen.).

Coccygomimus hesperus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 314, 315, 338. 6, 9.

longigenalis (Cushman). A subsp. of sodalis Ruthe.

maura Cresson. Hosts: Hemerocampa leucostigma (J. E. Sm.), Orgyia sp. nuda Townes. Ont., Que., N. S. to Va. west to Mich. and Minn.

pedalis Cresson. Alaska, N.W.T., N. Mex., Mex. Hosts: Acronicta americana (Harr.), A. sp., Ctenucha virginica (Charp.), Dasychira plagiata (Wikr.). Epargyreus clarus (Cram.), Halisidota caryae (Harr.), Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria (Hulst), Leucania linita Guen., Orgyia antiqua badia Hy. Edw., Sciaphyla duplex (Wlsh.), Xylotrechus sp.

Biology: Finlayson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92 (12): 925.

punicipes Cresson. Tex., Mexico, South America, and Hawaii.

*Pimpla feralis Cresson, 1873. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 25: 399. .

sanguinipes erythropus Viereck. B. C. to Calif., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., N. Mex., Mexico. Hosts: Carpocapsa pomonella (L.), Diacrisia virginica (F.), Hemerocampa vetusta (Bdvl.), Hemileuca sp., Malacosoma sp., M. fragile (Stretch), Prochoerodes forficaria catenulata Grote, Tholeria reversalis (Guen.), Zophodia convolutella (Hbn.). Coccygomimus sanguinipes (Cresson) of Catalog, in part. P. erythropus Viereck removed from syn. and made subsp. of sanguinipes Cresson (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 336).

sanguinipes sanguinipes Cresson, changed status. Tex., Mexico. Host: Alabama argillacea (Hbn.).

Pimpla (Pimpla) erythropus Viereck. Removed from syn. and made subsp. of sanguinipes.

sodalis longigenalis (Cushman), changed status. Calif., Colo.

Coccygomimus longigenalis (Cushman). Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 328, 330).

sodalis sodalis Ruthe. Changed status. Alaska, Yukon, N.W.T., Man., Que., Iceland, Greenland, Europe.

Coccygomimus sodalis (Ruthe) reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 328).

*stricklandi (Townes), n. comb._Alta., Sask., Ont., Que., Mich.

Coccygomimus síricklandi Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 314, 315, 340. ♂, d.

tenuicornis Cresson. Alta., B. C. Host: Semiothisa sp.

*varians (Townes) n. comb. Rocky Mts. to Pacific Ocean in Canad. and Transit. Zones. Host: Carpocapsa pomonella (L.).

Coccygomimus varians Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 314, 333. ?, d.

Genus APECHTHIS Foerster, Sup. 1, p. 38

(=Ephialtes of Catalog, p. 196)

Apechtis Thomson. Add: "Emend." after bibliographic citation in Catalog. Delete type citation.

*Taiwatheronia Sonan, 1936. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa, Trans. 26: 256. N. syn.

Type: (Taiwatheronia_mahasenae Sonan)=taiwana Uchida.
By orig. desig. and monotypy.

*Parapechthis Blanchard, 1936. Anal. Soc. Cient. Argentina 122: 404. N. syn.

Type: Parapechthis bazani Blanchard. By orig. desig. and monotypy.

Taxonomy: Townes, 1957, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 59 (3): 118-119; Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 302 (Ephialtes Schrank).

annulicornis (Cresson). Que., Ont., Alta., Nebr., Wis. Hosts: Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), C. rosaceana (Harr.).

componotus (Davis). Idaho, Calif. Host: Hemerocampa pseudotsugata McD. ontario (Cresson). Ariz., Calif.

pacificus Cushman. B. C., Oreg.

picticornis (Cresson). Hosts: Choristoneura conflictana Wlkr., C. rosaceana (Harr.), Sciaphila sp.; geometrid; noctuid.

*Apechthis ornatulus Walley, 1929. Canad. Ent. 61(8): 190. . (Syn. by Townes, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 33(2): 313; Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 303.)

Genus ITOPLECTIS Foerster, pp. 196-198, Sup. 1, p. 38

Change type citation to: Ichneumon scanicus Villers. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 (teste Perkins, 1962, p. 433).

*Exeristesoides Uchida, 1928. Jour. Fac. Agr. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 25 (Pt. 1): 37, 51. (Syn. by Townes, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59: 107.)

Type: (Pimpla spectabilis Matsumura)=alternans spectabilis (Matsumura). Orig. desig. and by monotypy. behrensii (Cresson). "Western Calif. from Marin Co. southwards". clavicornis (Thomson). Delete from Catalog, not in Nearctic region. Species considered this, is ?fustiger Townes (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 299).

conquisitor (Say). B. C. Hosts: Anisota rubicunda F., Choristoneura conflictana Wlkr., Dasychira plagiata Wlkr.; Dioryctria reniculella (Grt.), Epermenia cicutaëlla Kft., Exyra semicrocea (Gn.), Hyaloscotes pithopoera (Dyar), Nematocampa limbata, (Haw.), Oncideres cingulata (Say), Simyra henrici (Grt.), Sparganothis flavibasana Fern., S. sp. on Lonicera, Tortrix allenina Fern., T. cockerellana Kft., T. pallorana Rbnsn., Urbanus proteus (L.), Hypera postica (Gyll.).

Biology: Leius, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93 (9): 771-780.-Arthur, 1963.
Canad. Ent. 95 (10): 1086–1090 (also imm. stages).

curticauda brevacus Townes, changed status. Canad. Zone, Atlantic Ocean to Mont. Removed from syn. of curticauda (Kriechbaumer) and placed as valid subsp. (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 301).

curticauda curticauda (Kriechbaumer), changed status. Delete from Catalog, p. 198. This subsp. is European. Remove brevacus Townes from syn. as a valid subsp.

evetriae Viereck. Transcont. in Canad. Zone. Hosts: Barbara mappana Free., B. sp., Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.).

*fustiger Townes. Transcont. in Transit. Zone. Host: "Neuroptera".

Itoplectis fustiger Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216,Pt. 2): 282, 298. ô, 9.

quadricingulatus (Provancher). Hosts: Croesia albicomana (Clem.); Dioryctria reniculella (Grt.), Euceratia castella Wism., Galleria mellonella F., Malacosoma sp., M. disstria Hbn., Nepytia phantasmaria (Stkr.), Platyptilia sp., Taniva albolineana (Kft.).

*vesca Townes. Alaska to Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Colo., Maine, P.E.I. N. B., N. S. Hosts: Acleris variana (Fern.), Colephora laricella (Hbn.), Recurvaria milleri Busck.

Itoplectis vesca Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 282, 297. ♂, .

viduata (Gravenhorst). B. C., Alta., N.W.T., Sask., Wyo. Hosts: Ancylis comptana (Frol.), Malacosoma disstria Hbn.

Tribe NEOXORIDINI

(=Poemeniini of Catalog)

Genus Diacritus Foerster, p. 198

Remove from (Poemeniini of Catalog)

Neoxoridini, Sup. 1, p. 38, and place provisionally in Microcleptinae (= Plectiscinae of auctt.), on p. 342.

Genus POEMENIA Holmgren, Cat. p. 199, Sup. 1, p. 39

Revision: Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 376-387.

albipes (Cresson). Alta.

americana americana (Cresson), changed status. N. S., Ont., N. H. Host:

Passaloecus mandibularis (Cress.).

Poemenia americana (Cresson). Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, p. 384).

*americana nebulosa Habeck and Townes. B. C. to Calif. east to Colo.; Ont. Hosts: Laspeyresia toreuta (Grt.), Paratimia conicola Fahr. Poemenia americana nebulosa Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216: 382 (key), 383. ♂, 9.

*pacifica Habeck and Townes. Wash. to Calif. Host: Galls of Disholcaspis truckeensis (Ashm.).

Poemenia pacifica Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (key), 385. ô, 9.

thoracica (Cresson). B. C. to Calif. east to Sask. and Wyo.

Poemenia vancouveriensis Provancher (syn. by Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, p. 377).

vancouveriensis (Provancher). Syn. of thoracica (Cresson).

Genus NEOXORIDES Clément, p. 199

borealis (Cresson). Hosts: Melanophila drummondi (Kby.), Laspeyresia toreuta (Grt.).

caryae (Harrington). Ont., Que.

*pilulus Townes. Yukon to Oreg., east to N.W.T., Que., N. B., Colo., also N. Y., N. C., N. J. Host: buprestid.

Neoxorides pilulus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216: 390. 9, 6.

vittifrons (Cresson). Transf. to *Podoschistus Townes.

*Genus PODOSCHISTUS Townes

Podoschistus Townes, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59(1): 16 (key), 18.
Type: Xorides vittifrons Cresson. Orig. desig.

Place on p. 199 of Catalog after Neoxorides Clément.

*vittifrons schlingeri Townes. Utah (Mantua).

Podoschistus vittifrons schlingeri Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 388. 9.

vittifrons vittifrons (Cresson), changed status. Maine to Ga., west to Ont. and Tex. Host: buprestid.

Neoxorides vittifrons (Cresson). Transf. from Neoxorides and reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 388, 389).

Tribe RHYSSINI

Genus RHYSSA Gravenhorst, p. 200, Sup. 1, p. 39

alaskensis Ashmead. Wyo., Huds., Canad., and Transit. Zones.

Rhyssa skinneri Viereck. Change bibliographic reference page from 86 to 87.

crevieri (Provancher). N. S., N. B. Que., Ont., Maine, N. H., N. Y., N. J., N. C. (Mts.), Mich., Minn. Host: Urocerus albicornis (F.). Rhyssa lineolata (Kirby) of Catalog, in part. Remove crevieri from syn. (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 403).

hoferi Rohwer. Ariz., N. Mex.

*howdenorum Townes. Va., N. C., Nebr.

Rhyssa howdenorum Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl.
Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 396, 398. 8, .

lineolata (Kirby). Upper Austral. Zone. (Townes, 1960, p. 406 says "but there are no definite host records.")

Rhyssa_lineolata (Kirby). Remove crevieri (Provancher), a valid sp., from syn. (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 403).

persuasoria (Linnaeus). Host: Sirex areolatus (Cress.).

*ponderosae Townes. Calif.

Rhyssa ponderosae Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 397, 401. ♂, f.

Genus RHYSELLA Rohwer, p. 200

humida (Say). Wis., Minn., Iowa.

nitida (Cresson). Canad., Transit., Upper Austral. Zones. Que., Ont., Minn., Tenn., S. C., also B. C.

*Genus EPIRHYSSA Gresson

Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila. Proc. 4: 39.

Type: Epirhyssa speciosa Cresson. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. *Rhyssonota_Kriechbaumer, 1890. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien. Ann. 5(3): 489. Syn. by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 413.

Type: Rhyssonota tristis Kriechbaumer. By monotypy.

Place before Megarhyssa Ashmead, p. 200.

*dietrichi Townes. Ariz. (Mt. Lemmon).

Epirhyssa dietrichi Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 414. ♂, 9.

Genus MEGARHYSSA Ashmead, pp. 200–202

Biology: Heatwole, Davis, Wenner, 1964. Amer. Midl. Nat. 71 (2): 374-381.

atrata atrata (Fabricius), changed status. Conn., Ont. south to Fla. and Tex. Megarhyssa atrata (Fabricius). Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Porter, 1957. Ent. News 68: 206).

*atrata lineata Porter. N. S. to Ont. and south to Penna. Host: Tremex columba (L.).

Megarhyssa atrata lineata Porter, 1957. Ent. News 68: 206. . *greenei floridana Townes. Fla.

Megarhyssa greenei floridana Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 2): 421, 424. G.

greenei greenei Viereck. Canad. to Upper Austral. Zone in east. No. America.

Megarhyssa greenei Viereck. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 422).

icterosticta Michener. A subsp. of macrurus (Linnaeus).

macrurus icterosticta Michener, changed status. Ariz.

Megarhyssa_icterosticta Michener. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 430, 435).

macrurus lunator (Fabricius). Canad., Transit. and Upper Austral. zones east of 100°W. Host: Tremex columba (L.).

Megarhyssa macrurus macrurus (Linnaeus) of Catalog, in part. Place lunator, and its syn. histrio, as valid subsp. of macrurus (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 430).

macrurus macrurus (Linnaeus). Place lunator, and its syn. histrio, as valid subsp. of macrurus.

*Ichneumon Georgicus Megerle, 1802. Appendix ad catalogum insectorum, quae mense Novembris 1802 Vienne Austriae auctionis lege vendita fuere, p. 16 (Syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 434).

Megarhyssa macrurus phaeoptila Michener (syn. by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 434).

macrurus phaeoptila Michener. A syn. of M. macrurus macrurus (Linnaeus). nortoni nortoni (Cresson). Ont., Mich., Vt.

nortoni quebecensis (Provancher). P.E.I., Tenn.