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megathymi Riley. N. C. Host : Megathymus ursus Poling. 



melanoscelus (Ratzeburg). 



Biology: Clausen, 1956. U. S, Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 79.— Dow- 

 den, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Handb. 226, p. 48. 



miantonomoi Viereck. Mich. 



militaris (Walsh). N. B., N. Mex., Ariz. Apparently distributed over all U. 

 S. and south. Canada; also in Mexico and Hawaii. Hosts: ChoH- 

 zagrotis auxiliaris (Grote) , Laphygma exigua (Hbn.). 



neomexicanus Muesebeck. Mich., Idaho. 



nephoptericis (Packard). N. Y., Ind., Iowa, Calif. Host: Vitula edmandsii 

 serratilineella Rag. 



niger Muesebeck. Va., Mich., Minn. 



nitens Muesebeck. Colo., Wyo., Calif. Host: Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.). 



omigis Weed. Que. Hosts: Bucculatrix ainsliella Murtf., Lithocolletis robin- 

 iella Clem., Tischeria raalif oliella Clem. 



paleacritae Riley. Hosts: Enypia venata (Grote), E. packardata Tayl. 



papaipemae Muesebeck. Ohio. Host: Arzaina obliquaWlkr . 



paralechiae Muesebeck. N. H., Pa., Ohio, Tenn., Wis., Calif. Host: Argy- 

 resthia sp. 

 Biology: Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. 767, p. 61. 



paranthrenidis Muesebeck. Pa., Fla., Miss.; Mexico. Host: Paranthrene dolli 

 Neum., Prionoxystus sp. in red oak. 



petrovae Walley. S. C, Wis., Minn,, Calif. Hosts: Barbara colfaxiana 

 Kearf., Rhyacionia frustrana (Comst.). 



plathypenae Muesebeck. N. Y., Ind., Idaho, Wash. Hosts: Anagrapha falcif- 

 era (Kirhy) , Autographa precationis {Gn.) , Rachiplusia ou (Gn.). 



plesius Viereck. Wis. 



polychrosidis Viereck. Fla., Kans., Wis., Minn. Hosts: Gracilaria superbi- 

 frontella Clem., Archips rosanus (L.)., Argyrotaenia citrana 

 (Fern.). 



pseudoglossae Muesebeck. Mich., Minn. 



pyralidis Muesebeck. D. C, N. C, Ohio, Ark. 



*salaiicus Mason. Oreg. Host: Lithocolletis gaultheriella Wlsm. 

 Apanteles salalicus Mason, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 42. 9. 



*salicifolieIIae Mason. Ont. Host: Lithocolletis salicif oliella Chamb. 

 Apanteles salicif oliellae Mason, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 43. $, $. 



schaffneri Muesebeck. N. J., Tex. Hosts: Euclea delphinii Bdv., Parasa sp. 

 Biology: Schaifner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. 767, p. 62. 



scitulus Riley. Ky., 111. 



scutellaris Muesebeck. Ariz.; Bulgaria. 



Taxonomy: Beardsley, 1961. Hawaii. Ent. Soc. Proc. 17: 341, 346. 



eolitarius (Ratzeburg). 



Biology: Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 1139, pp. 79-80.— 

 Dowden, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr. Agr. Handb. 226, p. 49. 



*starki Mason. Alta, B. C, Utah, Idaho. Hosts: Evagora starki (Freem.), 

 Recurvaria milleri Busck. 

 Apanteles starki Mason, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 140. 9, $. 



theclae Riley. Colo. Host: Plebe jus icarioides (Bdv.). 



Biology: Downey, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 367-373. 



tischeriae Viereck. Wis., Mo. Hosts: Paromix geminatella (Pack.), ArgyrO' 

 taenia velutinana (Wlkr.). 



