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*grandii Goidanich. Europe, Japan; No. Amer. Replaces gifuensis Ashmead 

 of Catalog {teste Eady and Clark, 1964. Ent. Gaz. 15: 121-122). 



Macrocentrus grandii Goidanich, 1937. 1st. Ent. Univ. Bologna Bol. 9: 

 196. 9. 



Biology: Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 113 (as 

 gifuensis Ashmead). 



impressus Muesebeck. Fla. 



incompletus Muesebeck. N. Mex., Ariz. 



instabilis Muesebeck. 



Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 1265, p. 26. 



iridescens French. Host: Harpipteryx xylostella (L.). 



*marginator (Nees). All U. S. except southern tier of States; also N. S. to 

 B. C. in Canada; Europe. Hosts: As given under aegeriae in 

 Catalog and 1st Sup.; also, in Europe, Aegeria culiciformis Esp., 

 A. fomnicaeformis Esp., A. flaviventris Staud., A. specif ormis 

 Schiff., A. espiformis (L.), Epinotia sordidana Hiibn., E. ca- 

 prana (F.) and Lathronympha striga7ia (F.). 



Bracon marginator Nees, 1812 (1811). Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 

 Mag. 5: 14. 2. 



Macrocentrus aegeriae Rohwer. (Syn. by Eady and Clark, 1964. Ent. 

 Gaz. 15: 113.) 



nigridorsis Viereck. Utah, Oreg., Calif. Hosts: Choristoneura conflictana 

 (Wlkr.), Sciaphila duplex Wlsm., Sparganothis sp. 



reticulatus Muesebeck. N. C, Fla. 



texanus Muesebeck. Kans., Ariz.; Mexico. 



utilis Muesebeck. Fla. 



Subfamily HELCONINAE 



Genus HELCONIDEA Viereck, p. 108 



ligator (Say). Host: Agrilus anxius Gory. 



Genus HELCON Nees, p. 108 



*Edyia Cameron, 1905. Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 16: 159. (Syn. by 

 Baltazar, 1961. Philippine Jour. Sci. 90 (3) : 392.) 



Type: Edyia annulicornis Cameron. By monotypy. 



Genus METEORIDEA Ashmead, p. 109 

 *Benama Nixon, 1941. Bui. Ent. Res. 32: 98. (Syn. by Shenefelt and 

 Muesebeck, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59: 130.) 



Type: Benama hutsoni Nixon. By monotypy and orig. desig. 

 Taxonomy: Shenefelt and Muesebeck, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59: 

 129-134. 



*compressiveniris Shenefelt and Muesebeck. Wis. (Douglas Co.). 



Meteoridea compressiventris Shenefelt and Muesebeck, 1957. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash. Proc. 59: 131. 9. 



Subfamily BLACINAE 

 Tribe BLACINI 



Genus BLACUS Nees, p. 110 



Miocolus Foerster, 1862. (Syn. by Muesebeck, 1964. Ent. Soc. Wash. 

 Proc. 66: 88.) 



In line with current literature Ganychorus Haliday and Goniocormus 

 Foerster are kept as synonyms of Blacus Nees, but it seems likely that when 

 a critical study of the group is made both will be recognized as distinct 

 genera. 



Biology: Arnaud, 1952. Ent. News 63: 149-150. 



