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Poemenia americana (Cresson). Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Habeck 

 and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, p. 384). 



♦americana nebulosa Habeck and Townes. B. C. to Calif, east to Colo.; Ont. 

 Hosts: Laspeyresia toreuta (Grt.), Parativiia conicola Fahr. 

 Poemenia americana nebulosa Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and 

 Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216: 382 (key), 383. $,9. 



*pacifica Habeck and Townes. Wash, to Calif. Host: Galls of Disholcaspis 

 truckeensis (Ashm.). 

 Poemenia pacifica Habeck and Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, 

 U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (key), 385. $, 9. 



thoracica (Cresson). B. C. to Calif, east to Sask. and Wyo. 



Poemenia vancouveriensis Provancher (syn. by Habeck and Townes, 

 1960. In Townes and Townes, p. 377). 



vancouveriensis (Provancher). Syn. of thoracica (Cresson). 



Genus NEOXORIDES Clement, p. 199 



borealis (Cresson). Hosts: Melanophila drummondi (Kby.), Laspeyresia to- 

 reuta (Grt.). 



caryae (Harrington). Ont., Que. 



♦pilulus Townes. Yukon to Oreg., east to N.W.T., Que., N. B., Colo., also N. Y., 

 N. C, N. J. Host: buprestid. 

 Neoxorides pilulus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216: 390. 9, $. 



vittifrons (Cresson). Transf. to *Podoschistus Townes. 



*Genus PODOSCHISTUS Townes 



Podoschistus Townes, 1957. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59(1) : 16 (key), 18. 

 Type: Xorides vittifrons Cresson. Orig. desig. 



Place on p. 199 of Catalog after Neoxorides Clement. 



*vittifrons schlingeri Townes. Utah (Mantua). 



Podoschistus vittifrons schlingeri Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, 

 U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 388. ?. 



vittifrons vittifrons (Cresson), changed status. Maine to Ga., west to Ont. and 

 Tex. Host: buprestid. 

 Neoxorides vittifrons (Cresson). Transf. from Neoxorides and reduced to 

 subsp. rank {teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 388, 389). 



Tribe RHYSSINI 



Genus RHYSSA Gravenhorst, p. 200, Sup. 1, p. 39 



alaskensis Ashmead. Wyo., Huds., Canad., and Transit. Zones. 



Rhyssa skinneri Viereck. Change bibliographic reference page from 86 

 to 87. 



crevieri (Provancher). N. S., N. B. Que., Ont., Maine, N. H., N. Y., N. J., 

 N. C. (Mts.), Mich., Minn. Host: Urocerus albicornis (F.). 

 Rhyssa lineolata (Kirby) of Catalog, in part. Remove crevieri from syn. 

 {teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 403). 



hoferi Rohwer. Ariz., N. Mex. 



*howdenorum Townes. Va., N. C, Nebr. 



Rhyssa howdenorum Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 396, 398. $, ?. 



lineolata (Kirby). Upper Austral. Zone. (Townes, 1960, p. 406 says "but 

 there are no definite host records.") 

 Rhyssa lineolata (Kirby). Remove crevieri (Provancher), a valid sp., 

 from syn. {teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 403). 



persuasoria (Linnaeus). Host: Sirex areolatus (Cress.). 



