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*molestae Burks. Md. south to Fla., west to Ind., Tenn. and Miss. Hosts: Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Anchylopera platanana Clem., Arogalea cristifasciella (Chamb.).

Brachymeria (Brachymeria) molestae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc.
Trans. 86: 245. 9, ♂.

ovata (Say), changed status. Ont.; U. S. south of Maine, N. H., and Mont. Hosts: Over 100 spp. of Lepidoptera, from Psychidae to Papilioni

dae. Raised from subsp. to sp. rank by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 258.

Chalcis ovata var. abiesae Girault, 1917 (syn. by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 259).

Biology: Genung, 1959. Fla. Ent. 42: 40.-Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91.-Allen, 1962, loc. cit. supra, pp. 110-111.

ovata abiesae Girault. Syn. of ovata Say.

ovata ovata (Say). Raised to sp. rank.

robusta (Cresson), corrected spelling of robustus of Catalog, teste Genung, 1958. Fla. Ent. 41: 191.

Biology: Genung, 1959. Fla. Ent. 42: 40.

*russelli Burks. Miss., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. Hosts: Coptocycla (Psalidonota) texana (Schaeffer), Chelymorpha cassidea (Fab.), Nuzonia sp.

Brachymeria (Brachymeria) russelli Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 240. 9, ♂.

slossonae (Crawford.) Fla. Host: Ephyriades brunnea floridensis B. & C. tachinae (Howard). Syn. of coloradensis (Cresson).

tegularis (Cresson). Ill. and Tenn. west to Wash., Oreg., and Calif. Host: Hemithrixion oestriforme B. B.

Biology: Smith, 1957. Canad. Jour. Zool. 36: 259.-Spencer, 1958. Int. Cong. Ent. 10 Proc., v. 4, p. 501.

*truncata Burks. Syn. of truncatella Burks.

*truncatella Burks, new name. Sask., Nebr., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.

*Brachymeria (Brachymeria) truncata Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 234. , ô. Preocc. by Brachymeria truncata (Schmitz), 1946.

*weemsi Burks. Fla.

Brachymeria (Brachymeria) weemsi Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 236. 9.

*BRACHYMERIA subgenus GAHANULA Burks

Brachymeria subg. Gahanula Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 261.

Type: Brachymeria discreta Gahan. Orig. desig.

discreta Gahan. Tex., Ariz., Calif., Hawaii; Mexico. Hosts: Tinea sp., ? pyraustid moth infesting Polistes instabilis Sauss. nest.

discretoidea Gahan. Tex., Ariz.; Mexico, Panamá. Host: Unident. moth infesting Trigona amalthea (Oliv.) nest.

*BRACHYMERIA subgenus PSEUDOBRACHYMERIA Burks

Brachymeria subg. Pseudobrachymeria Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 263.

Type: Pseudochalcis conica Ashmead. Orig. desig. columbiana (Howard). D. C., Va., Fla., La. Host: ? Laetilia coccidivora Comst.

Chalcis louisianae Girault (syn. by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 266). *conica (Ashmead). Tex.; south through Cent. Amer. to Brazil; Trinidad,

Pseudochalcis conica Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus. Mem. 1: 407. 9.

*flegiae Burks. Fla., Tex. Host: Palpita flegia (Cram.).

Brachymeria (Pseudobrachymeria) flegiae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc.
Trans. 86: 271. 9, ô.

*laetiliae Burks. N. Car., Okla., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Hosts: Laetilia coccidivora Comst., L. zamacrella Dyar.

Brachymeria (Pseudobrachymeria) laetiliae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent.
Soc. Trans. 86: 268. 9, ô.

pedalis (Cresson). Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Hosts: Noctuelia elautalis (Grote), Melitara prodenialis Walk., M. dentata Grote, Ozamia clarefacta Dyar.

*psyche Burks. Fla. Host: Oiketicus abbotii Grote.

Brachymeria (Pseudobrachymeria) psyche Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc.
Trans. 86: 267. 9.

Subfamily DIRHININAE

Genus DIRHINUS Dalman, p. 588

*Dirrhinoidea Girault, 1912. Arch. Naturg. 78 (A) 9: 165.
Type: Dirrhinoidea maculata Girault. Orig. desig.
*Eniacella Girault, 1913. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bul. 11: 35.
Type: Eniacella ruficornis Girault. Orig. desig.
Taxonomy: Habu, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 309.

texanus (Ashmead). Ariz., Calif.

Dirhinus paoli Burks, n. syn.; addl. mat. shows it to be in range of var. of texanus (Ashmead).

paoli Burks. Syn. of texanus (Ashmead).

Subfamily CHALCIDINAE

Genus METADONTIA Ashmead, p. 588

amoena (Say). Md. south to Fla. west to Ill., Mo., Kans., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, Cent. and S. America.

Genus CHALCIS Fabricius, p. 588-589

barbara (Cresson). Mich. In ref. to orig. descr. ch. ♂ to "^"

canadensis (Cresson).

Biology: Judd, 1953. Amer. Midl. Nat. 49: 817.

divisa (Walker). Calif.; Mexico.

Morphology: Daly, 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 56: 303.

lasia Burks. Ariz.

megalomis Burks. Oreg. Host: Stratiomys sp.

phoenicapoda Burks.

= 9.

Nomenclature: Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 869 (rufipes Kirby).
Genus SPILOCHALCIS Thomson, pp. 589-592

albifrons (Walsh).

Biology: Poinar and Gyrisco, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 534.

dema Burks. Pa., Calif.; Mexico.

mariae (Riley), corrected spelling of maria (Riley) of Catalog, teste Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 881.

nortonii (Cresson). Conn.

Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91.

odontotae Howard. Fla.; Mexico.

phoenica Burks. Ariz., Calif.; Mexico.

side (Walker).

Biology: Arthur, 1958. Canad. Ent. 90: 590-595.-Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91.-Allen, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 111.

xanthostigma (Dalman). Delete; extralimital. Ont. specimen det. as this is albifrons (Walsh); specimen re-examined.

Genus CERATOSMICRA Ashmead, pp. 592-593

debilis (Say). Md., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, West Indies.

Family LEUCOSPIDIDAE

Genus LEUCOSPIS Fabricius, p. 593

Taxonomy: Burks, 1961. Stud. Ent. Rio de Janeiro 4: 540.-Habu, 1962. Fauna Japonica, Chalc., Leucosp., and Podagr., pp. 165-170.

affinis affinis Say. Hosts: Anthidium maculosum Cress., Ashmeadiella aridula Čkll., Megachile inermis Prov., M. relativa Cress., M. gentils Cress, Stelis sp., Hoplitis producta (Cress.), Osmia kincaidii Ckll. Biology: Medler, 1958. Ent. News 69: 21-24.-Medler and Koerber, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 340-344.-Medler, 1958. Canad. Ent. 90: 326-327.

Taxonomy: Michener, 1954. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bul. 35: 1743 (subsp. ch. to sp.).

affinis floridana Cresson. Delete Mass. from dist.; spec. discolored by cyanide. Hosts: Megachile (Chelostomoides) georgica Cress., M. (Sayapis)

sp.

Nomenclature: Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 894 (subsp. ch. to var.).

birkmani Brues. Fla., Ariz., Calif; Mexico.

robertsoni Crawford. Ala.

slossonae Weld. Host: Anthidiellum sp.

texana Cresson. Ala.

Unplaced Genera, p. 593

Lophocomodia Ashmead, 1888. Transf. to Sphegigasterini following Heteroschema Gahan, p. 543.

Pteratomus Packard. Transf. to Mymaridae as syn. under Anagrus Haliday, p. 415.

Unplaced Species, p. 594

Lophocomodia americana Ashmead. Transf. to Sphegigasterini, p. 543.
Diomorus biorhizae Ashmead. Transf. from Diomorus Walker, p. 527.
Type lost; species is apparently a Torymus.

Halticoptera brodiei Ashmead. Transf. from Halticoptera Spinola, p. 542.
Type lost, but original description clearly not of a Halticop-
tera.

Coccophagus brunneus Provancher.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964. loc. cit. supra, p. 1257.

Camptoptera clavata Provancher.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1256.

Semiotellus fasciatus Provancher. Transf. to Arthrolytus Thomson, p. 557.

*Solenotus fletcheri Cockerell, 1889. Colo. Biol. Assn. Rpt. 6: [2].

Entedon imbrasus Walker. Transf. to Chrysocharis Foerster, p. 463.

Perilampus laevis Provancher. Transf. to Elatus Walker, p. 519.

Semiotellus minimus Provancher.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1262.

*Meraporus monticola Ashmead, 1889. Colo. Biol. Assn. Rpt. 3: [4].

Pteromalus nigricornis Provancher.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1260.

Semiotellus oblongus Provancher. Transf. to Tridymus Ratzeburg, p. 546. Rhopalicus_pallipes Provancher. Transf. from Rhopalicus Foerster teste Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1261.

Eulophus ramosus Provancher.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p 1258.

ensiger Norton.

Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA

Family IBALIIDAE

Genus IBALIA Latreille, pp. 594-595

Biology: Wickman, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 19.

Family CYNIPIDAE

Taxonomy: Weld, 1957. Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope, 80 pp., Ann Arbor, Mich.-Weld, 1959. Cynipid Galls of the Eastern U. S., 156 pp., Ann Arbor, Mich.-Weld, 1960. Cynipid Galls of the Southwest, 52 pp., Ann Arbor, Mich. (All privately printed.)

TRYBLIOGRAPHA subgenus DIDICTYUM Riley

(=Trybliographa subg. Hexaplasta Foerster of Catalog, p. 603)

Taxonomy: Weld, 1962 (1961). Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 63(4): 280. When Hexaplasta Foerster was made a synonym of Hexacola Foerster the name Didictyum was revived for Hexaplasta of authors and as a subgenus in Trybliographa.

zigzag Riley. Fla. Host: Megaselia eletiae (Comstock). In reference to o.d., add pp. 214, 500, and Amer. Ent. 3: 52, 1880.

Taxonomy: Weld, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 280.

TRYBLIOGRAPHA subgenus TRYBLIOGRAPHA Foerster, pp. 603–604

rapae (Westwood). Hosts: Hylemyia spp.

Biology: Wishart and Monteith, 1954. Canad. Ent. 56: 145-154, 14 figs. (early stages).

Genus SYNERGUS Hartig, pp. 610-613

*magnificus Weld. Calif. Reared from galls of Disholcaspis truckeensis

(Ashmead).

Synergus magnificus Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 107. 9, ♂.

Genus CEROPTRES Hartig, p. 614

*montensis Weld. Calif. Reared from galls of Andricus reniformis McCracken and Egbert.

Ceroptres montensis Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 108. 9, ♂.

Genus NEUROTERUS Hartig, pp. 620-624

*floricomus Weld. Ariz. Gall on Quercus reticulata.

Neuroterus floricomus Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 109. 9, 6, 0.

*lamellae Weld. Ariz. Gall on Quercus subturbinella.

Neuroterus lamellae Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 109-110. 9, 0. *florulentus Weld. Calif. Gall on Quercus dumosa and Q. lobata.

Neuroterus florulentus Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 110. 9, 6, 0.

Genus LIODORA Foerster, p. 629

*dumosae Weld. Calif. Gall on Quercus dumosa.

Liodora dumosae Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 111. 9, ♂, 0.

Genus AMPHIBOLIPS Reinhard, p. 630-631

*murata Weld. Fla. Gall on Quercus myrtifolia, Q. pumila, Q, laurifolia, and Q. cinerea.

Amphibolips murata Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 111-112.

, 0.

Genus ANDRICUS Hartig, pp. 631-637

crystallinus Bassett. Calif.

Biology: Doutt, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36(5): 167-170, 9, 8, 0 (describes the alternating bisexual generation on the leaves of Quercus douglasii).

foliaformis Gillette. Ariz. Gall on Quercus bicolor, Q. macrocarpa. Andricus foliosus Weld, 1926. N. syn.

*mendocinensis Weld. Calif. Gall on Quercus densiflora.

Andricus mendocinensis Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 112. 9, 0.

Genus DISHOLCASPIS Dalla Torre and Kieffer, pp. 638–640

*edura Weld. Ariz. Gall on Quercus oblongifolia and Q. arizonica.

Disholcaspis edura Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 113. 9, 0.

*mamillana Weld. Calif. Gall on Quercus douglasii.

Disholcaspis mamillana Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 115. 9, 0. *mellifica Weld. Calif. Gall on Quercus garryana.

Disholcaspis mellifica Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 114. 9, 0.

*prehensa Weld. Calif. Gall on Quercus dumosa.

Disholcaspis prehensa Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 113. 9, 0. *spissa Weld. Ariz. Gall on Quercus subturbinella, Q. arizonica, Q. harardi. Disholcaspis spissa Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 114. 9, 0.

Genus ANTRON Kinsey, pp. 640-641

*magdalenae Weld. N. Mex. Gall on Quercus subturbinella.

Antron magdalenae Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107: 116. 9, 0.

Genus LOXAULUS Mayr, p. 643

*beutenmuelleri Weld. N. J., Pa., Ill. Gall on Quercus rubra, northern red

oak.

Loxaulus beutenmuelleri Weld, 1957. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 107:

116-117. 9.

Genus DRYOCOSMUS Giraud, pp. 645–646

dubiosus (Fullaway). Calif. Galls on Quercus agrifolia.

Dryocosmus bicornis McCracken and Egbert (syn. by Doutt, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 52(1): 69-74. 9, 0). D. bicornis is alternating agamic generation on the leaves.

pacificus (Ashmead).

Genus HETEROECUS Kinsey, pp. 646-647

Biology: Lyon, 1963. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 65(3): 250-254, figs. A, B, C, D. (Describes the alternating bisexual generation on the leaves. 9, 6, 0.)

Genus CALLIRHYTIS Foerster, pp. 647-653

agrifoliae (Ashmead).

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