108 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



*Epiphohu8 Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande 25: 183. No spe- 

 cies. (Syn. teste Townes and Gupta, 1962, p. 170.) 



Type: Cry plus rufipes Gravenhorst. Included and desig. by 

 Townes, 1962. 

 Steriphocryptus Cameron, 1903. Transf. from syn. of Trachysphyrus Ha- 

 liday, p. 259. (Syn. teste Townes, Townes and Gupta, 1961, p. 

 137.) 

 *Chasmocryptus Uchida, 1936. Ins. Mats. 11: 16. (Syn. teste Townes, 

 1957, Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59: 103.) 



Type: (Plectocryptus hokkaidensis JJ chida.) = penetrator 

 (Smith). Orig. desig, 



contignus (Cresson). N. S., Ont., N. C, Ala., Minn., N. Dak., Nebr., Kans. 



crotchii crotchii (Cresson), changed status. Transcont. in Canad. and north. 

 Transit. Zones. Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Townes and Gupta, 

 1962, pp. 176, 177). 



*crotchii fumipennis Townes and Gupta. B. C, Calif., Ariz., Colo., N. Mex. 

 (in Canadian Zone). 

 Polytribax crotchii fumipennis Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. 

 Inst. Mem. 2, pp. 176, 179. $, 



*crotchii hegpeinis Townes and Gupta. Calif., Oreg., B. C. 



Polytribav crotchii hesperus Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst. 

 Mem. 2, pp. 176, 180. $. 



fulvescens (Cresson). Wash., Oreg. 



pallescens (Viereck). S. C, Ga.; Mexico. Host: 1 Diacrisia virginica (F.). 



Genus RHEMBOBIUS Foerster, pp. 257-258 



*Vlothymus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande Verh. 25: 185. 

 (Syn. teste Townes, Townes, and Gupta, 1961, p. 131; Perkins, 

 1962, p. 462.) 



Type: Ichneumon perscrutator Thunberg. Included and de- 

 signated by Perkins, 1962. 



abdominalis abdominalis (Provancher). Alta. Host: 1 Xylota. 



""abdominalis montanus Townes and Gupta. Alaska, Alta., Sask., Idaho, 

 ?Mont., S. Dak., Colo. 

 Rhembobius abdominalis montanus Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. 



Ent. Inst. Mem. 2: 275. $, $. 



abdominalis pacificus (Harrington). Alaska, B. C, Oreg., Idaho. 



*parcus Townes. Sask., Man., Mich. 



Rhembobius parous Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. 

 Inst. Mem. 2: 273. $, . 



Genus DEMOPHELES Foerster, p. 258 



Change type citation to : 



Type: (Phygadeuon caliginosus Gravenhorst ?, not $)z=:cor- 

 ruptor (Taschenberg). 



Townes places this genus in the Hemitelini ( = Gelini Townes) . 



corrupter maturus (Provancher), changed status. Maine and Que. to Ga., 



west to Ont., Mich. ? Alta. Upper Austral, to Canad. Zones. 

 Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes, 1963. Ent. Soc. Wash. 

 Proc. 65 (1): 48). 



*corruptor rufatus Townes. Wash., Colo., N. Mex. 



Demopheles corruptor rufatus Townes, 1963. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 65 

 (1) : 48,49. 9. 



Tribe SPHECOPHAGINI 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1962. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 

 3) : 16, 20, 522-523 (Sphecophagina). 



