110 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



candidus (Cresson). 



ChristoUa dumetorum Townes (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 

 25). 



dumetorum (Townes). Syn. of candidus (Cresson). 



fortis (Cresson). Pa., Ohio, Mich., W. Va., Ga. 



*halii Townes. Ariz. 



Baryceros halli Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus, 

 Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 24,30. 8. 



saundersi (Cresson). Subsp. of audax (Cresson). 



texanus (Ashmead). Va., N. C, Ind., Ky., Ark., Okla. ; Mexico. 



*Subtribe CRYPTINA 

 (•=. tAesos^enlna Townes) 

 Place as second subtribe of Cryptini, p. 259 



Genus CRYPTUS Fabricius, Sup. 1, p. 46 



( = Trochysphyrus of Catalog, pp. 259-263) 



Meringopus Foerster. Delete type citation and replace with: Cryptus 

 recreator Fabricius. Included by Tschek, 1870 {teste Townes, 

 Townes, and Gupta, 1961, p. 163). 

 Itamoplex Foerster. Change "Desig. by Viereck, 1914" to: Included by 



Ashmead in Smith, 1900. 

 *Costniocryptus Cameron, 1902. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 28: 371. 



Type: Cosmiocryptus violaceipennis Cameron. By monotypy. 

 Steriphocryptus Cameron, 1903. Transf. to syn. of Polytribax in (Apte- 



sini) =Hcinigasterini, p. 257. 

 *Buathra Cameron, 1903. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1903 : 233. 

 Type: Buathra rufiventris Cameron. By monotypy. 

 *Plesiocryptus Cameron, 1903. Ztschr. Syst. Hym. Dipt. 3 : 299. 



Type : Plesiocryptus carinifrons Cameron. By monotypy. 

 *Bathycrisis Cameron, 1905. Spolia Zeylanica 3 : 96. 



Type: Bathycrisis striaticollis Cameron. By monotypy. 

 *Mesocryptus Szepligeti, 1916. Mus. Nat. Hungarici Ann. 14: 251. 

 Preocc. 



Type: Mesocryptus pulcherrimus Szepligeti. By monotypy. 

 *Pseudomesocrypius Strand, 1917. Ent. Ztschr. 10: 137. N. name for 



Mesocryptus. 

 *Nippocryptus Uchida, 1936. Ins. Matsumurana 11: 3. 



Type: {Hemiteles suzukii Matsumura) = vittatorius (Jurine). 

 By monotypy. 

 *Neocryptopteryx Blanchard, 1947. Zool. Mus. Hist. Natl. Montevideo 

 Comun. 2 (Pt. 42) : 1. 



Type : I\eocryptopteryx orientalis Blanchard. By orig. desig. 

 Taxonomy: Townes, Townes and Gupta, 1961, pp. 163-164 (Generic 

 syn.). 



albitarsis albitarsis (Cresson). Hosts: Heliothis zeae (Boddie) ; Macronoctua 

 onusta Grt. 

 Mesostenus tarsatus Provancher. Transf. to Mesostenus Gravenhorst, p. 

 265, as questioned syn. of temporalis Townes. 



"^albitarsis argentifrons Cameron. Newfoundland to B. C. south to R. I., N. Y., 



Tex., and Calif.; Mexico, Costa Rica. 

 *Cryptu8 bicolor Smith, 1879. Descr. of N. sp. of Hym. in the Coll. Brit. 



Mus., p. 231. Preocc. 

 *Cryptus monticola Cameron, 1885. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Ins. Hym., v. 1, p. 



203. Preocc. 

 Cryptus argentifrons Cameron, 1885. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Ins. Hym. 1: 



204. 

 *Cryptus eggeri Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym., v. 3 (Pt. 2) p. 569. N. 



name for bicolor Smith. 



