78 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



*ponderosae Townes. Calif. 



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

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 397, 401. $, ?. 



Genus RHYSELLA Rohwer, p. 200 



humida (Say). Wis., Minn., Iowa. 



nitida (Cresson). Canad., Transit., Upper Austral. Zones. Que., Ont., Minn., 

 Tenn., S. C, also B. C. 



*Genus EPIRHYSSA Gresson 



Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila. Proc. 4 : 39. 



Type: Epirhyssa speciosa Cresson. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 



^Rhyssonota Kriechbaumer, 1890. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien. Ann. 5(3): 

 489. Syn. by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 413. 



Type: Rhyssonota tristis Kriechbaumer. By monotypy. 



Place before Megarhyssa Ashmead, p. 200. 



*dietrichi Townes. Ariz. (Mt. Lemmon). 



Epirhyssa dietrichi Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 414. $, 9. 



Genus MEGARHYSSA Ashmead, pp. 200-202 



Biology: Heatwole, Davis, Wenner, 1964. Amer. Midi. Nat. 71 (2) : 

 374-381. 



atrata atrata (Fabricius), changed status. Conn., Ont. south to Fla. and Tex. 

 Megarhyssa atrata (Fabricius). Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Porter, 

 1957. Ent. News 68: 206). 



*atrata lineata Porter. N. S. to Ont. and south to Penna. Host: Tremex 

 columba (L.). 

 Megarhyssa atrata lineata Porter, 1957. Ent. News 68: 206, ?, 



*greenei floridana Townes. Fla. 



Megarhyssa greenei floridana Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. 

 Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 421, 424. 9. 



greenei greenei Viereck. Canad. to Upper Austral. Zone in east. No. Amer- 

 ica. 

 Megarhyssa greenei Viereck. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and 

 Townes, 1960, p. 422). 



icterosticta Michener. A subsp. of macrums (Linnaeus). 



macrurus icterosticta Michener, changed status. Ariz. 



Megarhyssa icterosticta Michener. Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Townes 

 and Townes, 1960, pp. 430, 435). 



macrurus lunator (Fabricius). Canad., Transit, and Upper Austral, zones 

 east of 100°W. Host: Tremex columba (L.). 

 Megarhyssa macrurus macrurus (Linnaeus) of Catalog, in part. Place 

 lunator, and its syn. histrio, as valid subsp. of macrurus {teste 

 Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 430). 



macrurus macrums (Linnaeus). Place lunator, and its syn. histrio, as valid 



subsp. of macrurus. 

 *Ichneumon Georgicus Megerle, 1802. Appendix ad catalogum insecto- 



rum, quae mense Novembris 1802 Vienne Austriae auctionis lege 



vendita fuere, p. 16 (Syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 



434). 

 Megarhyssa macrurus phaeoptila Michener (syn. by Townes and Townes, 



1960, p. 434). 



macrurus phaeoptila Michener. A syn. of M. macrurus macrurus (Linnaeus). 

 nortoni nortoni (Cresson). Ont., Mich., Vt. 

 nortoni quebecensis (Provancher). P.E.I., Tenn. 



