PTEROMALIDAE 261 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1956. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 39: 240. — Ferriere 

 and Delucchi, 1957. Entomophaga 2: 121. 



*acutus (Thomson). N. J., Pa., N. C, Mich., Ky., Tenn., Minn., Nebr., Oreg., 

 Europe. Hosts: Bnichus brachialis Fahr., Bruchidius ater (Mar- 

 sham). 



Dimachus (Dinarmus) acutus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 56. 

 9. 



Sphaerakis mayri Masi (syn. by Delucchi, 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 243). 



laticeps (Ashmead). 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1956, loc. cit. supra, pp. 248-246. 

 Biology: Cheema and Misra, 1962. Cur. Sci. (India) 31: 21. 



mayri (Masi). Syn. of acutus (Thomson). 



Genus PTEROMALUS Swederus, pp. 560-561 



archippi Howard. N. H. south to Fla., west to Ark., Tex., and Calif. 



fuscipes (Provancher). 



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



puparum (Linnaeus). Cosmopolitan. 



Biology: Clausen, 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 49. — Blunck, 1957. Jour. Econ. 



Ent. 50: 836.— Wiltshire, 1958. Roy. Ent. Soc, London Trans. 



110: 241.— Blunck and Wilbert, 1959 (1957). Internatl. Cong. 



Crop Prot. Proc. 1 : 1017. 

 Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1261 {pieridis Provancher). 



vanessae Howard. Calif. 



*Genus SPINTHERUS Thomson 



Spintherus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 88, 129. 



Type: Spintherus obscurus Thomson. By monotypy. 



Insert in tribe Pteromalini following Pteromalus Swederus, p. 561. 



orchestis (Ratzeburg), n. comb. N. Y., Ohio; Europe. Host: Rhynchaenus 

 pallicornis (Say). 



Genus HABROCYTUS Thomson, pp. 561-563 



aculiventris Peck. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1260 (acutus Provancher). 



analis (Ashmead). Nev. Hosts: Pemphredon giffardi (Roh.), Chrysidid, 

 Omalus sp., par. on Pemphredon sp. 



bedeguaris (Thomson). Maine; Europe. 



Biology: Judd, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 728-730.— Gijswijt, 1962. Ent. 

 Ber. 22: 250. 



capreae (Linnaeus). Delete; pp. is probably not a chalcid. N. Amer. records 

 of a chalcid under this name cannot now be placed. 



giraulti Peck (= canadensis Girault, 1917, not Ashmead, 1887). Transf. to 

 Lonchetron Graham, infra. 



medicaginis Gahan. N. Y., Mich.; Hawaii, Europe, Asia. Hosts: Brucho- 

 phagus spp. 

 Biology: Beardsley, 1956. Hawaii. Ent. Soc. Proc. 16: 11. — Butler and 

 Hansen, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 228. — Carillo and Dickason, 

 1963. Oreg. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 68, p. 31. 



melanicrus (Provancher). 



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



phycidis Ashmead. N. B., Mich. 



Biology: Dixon and Benjamin, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 267. 



thyridopterigis Howard. [This may be a composite sp.] Maine and Ont. 

 south to N. C, west to Wis.. 111., and Mo. 



