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angustus Townes. Carolinian fauna. 



=^clitellatus Townes. N. S., Que., to Va., west to Minn., Kans., and Tex., also 

 Utah, B. C. Host: Pyrausta futilalis (Led.). 

 Mesostenus clitellatus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 436, 437, 447. $, ?. 



eisenii Ashmead. D. C, N. C, S. C, Ohio, Tex.; Mexico. 



gracilis Cresson. N. S., Que., Ont., B. C, Wash.; Baja California. 



*liogaster Townes. N. W. T., Sask., B. C, Oreg., Idaho, Wyo., Calif. ; Mexico, 

 Mesostenus liogaster Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 435, 437, 440. $, ?. 



longicaudis Cresson. Transcont. in U. Austr. and L. Austr. Zones; Mexico. 



reliquus Cresson. Transf. to Chamula Townes. 



*sicarius Townes. N. C, Tex., Mont., Colo., Alta., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. 



Mesostenus sicarius Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 436, 437, 448. $, ?. 



*temporalis Townes. Que., Maine, Ont., N. Y., Mich., Iowa, S. Dak. 



IMesostenus tarsatus Provancher, 1879. Transf. from syn. of Crypius 

 albitarsis albitarsis (Cresson) {teste Towne sand Townes, 1962, p. 

 441). 

 Mesostenus temporalis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 435, 436, 441. $, 9. 



ihoracicus Cresson. Transcont. Hosts: Acrobasis betulella Hulst; Macro- 

 botys theseusalis (Wlkr.), Mineola sp. 



Genus POLYCYRTUS Spinola, p. 265 



*Cryptanuridimorpha Viereck. 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 46: 369. 



Type: Cryptanuridimorpha elegans Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 *Cryptopterigimorpha Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 46: 371. 



Type: Cryptopteriginiorpha tubulifera Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 *Polycyrtimorpha Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 46: 383. 



Type : Polycyrtimorpha amoena Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 14, 459. 



neglectus Cushman. Ohio. 



Polycyrtus subgenus Polycyrtus Spinola, p. 265, Sup. 1, p. 46 



Delete from catalog and Supplement 1. 



Genus CRYPTANURA Brulle, p. 265 



banchifomiis (Megerle). N. Y". to Fla., west to Mich, and Tex. Transf. from 

 Unplaced Species, p. 408 {teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 427). 

 Mesostenus spinarius Brulle (syn. by Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 427). 

 Biology: Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 428-429. 



*compacta (Cresson). Tex.; Mexico, Honduras. 



Mesostenus (Mesostenus) compactus Cresson, 1873. [Phila.] Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Proc. 1873: 153. ?. 

 *Cryptanura planiscutellata Cushman, 1945. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 96: 

 143, 152, 175. ?. (Syn. teste Townes, 1946, Bol. Ent. Venezolana 

 5 (2): 35.) 



septentrionalis Cushman. N. Y., Pa., D. C, Va., N. C, S. C, Tenn., La. 



spinaria Brulle. Syn. of banchiformis (Megerle). 



♦Genus CHAMULA Townes 



Chamula Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (Pt. 3) : 36, 430. 



Type : Mesostenus (Polycyrtus) reliquus Cresson. Orig. desig. 



Place in Cryptini after Cryptanura Brulle, p. 265. 



*reliqua (Cresson). Transf. from Mesostenus Gravenhorst {teste Townes and 

 Townes, 1962, p. 431). 



