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burgessii Cresson. 



Taxonomy : Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 246, 247. 



*eboripes Townes. N. Y. to S. C, Kans. 



Polysphincta eboripes Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 246, 254. $, 9. 



koebelei Howard. Calif., Wash. Host: Epeira foliata (Four.) or E. undata 

 (Oliv.). 



limata Cresson. Transcont. in Transit. Zone. Remove bruneti Provancher, a 

 valid subsp., and elongata Cushman as its syn., from syn. of li- 

 mata Cresson, and place as subsp. of tuberose (Gravenhorst). 



pallipes Holmgren. Delete from Catalog; in s. str. Palearc. subsp. (teste 

 Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 259). 

 Polysphincta (Zatypota) strigis Howard. Transf. to *Sinarachna Townes 

 as valid subsp. of pallipes (Holmgren). 



tuberosa bruneti Provancher, changed status. Transcont. in Huds. and Canad. 

 Zones. P. tuberosa tuberosa (Gravenhorst) occurs in Europe. 

 Polysphincta limata Cresson of Catalog in part. Remove bruneti with its 

 syn. elongata Cushman, and place as subsp. of tuberosa (Graven- 

 horst) (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 251). 



*Genus SINARACHNA Townes 



Sinarachna Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (Pt. 2) : 219,258. 



Type: Polysphincta pallipes Holmgren. Orig. desig. 



Place in Polysphinctini, p. 193, after Polysphincta Gravenhorst. 



'^anomala (Holmgren). N. S. to Fla., west to Alaska and Calif.; Mexico, 



Europe, Palestine. Hosts: Dictyna sub lata (Hentz). 

 Polysphincta anomala Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 



(N. F.) V. 3 (Pt. 10): 34. 9. 

 Polysphincta dictynae Howard (transf. with its syn. minuta (Davis) 



from Zatypota Foerster, p. 194, by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 



261). 



pallipes strigis (Howard), changed status. Transcont. in Transit., Canad., 

 and Huds. Zones. iS. pallipes pallipes (Holmgren) occurs in Eu- 

 rope. Host: Epeira foliata (Fourc). 

 Polysphincta pallipes Holmgren (transf. to Sinarachna Townes, and 

 strigis made a subsp. of pallipes, teste Townes and Townes, 1960, 

 p. 260). 



Genus Hymenoepimecis Viereck, p. 193 



Remove from Catalog. No nearctic species. 

 tviltii (Cresson). Transf. to *Acrotaphus Townes. 



*Genus ACROTAPHUS Townes 



Acrotaphus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (Pt. 2) : 219, 256. 



Type: Epimecis tviltii Cresson. Orig. desig. 



Place in Polysphinctini on page 193 before Oxyrrhexis Foerster. 



wiltii (Cresson). L. Austral. Zone. Transf. from Hymenoepimecis Viereck 

 (teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 256, 267). 



Genus OXYRRHEXIS Foerster, p, 193 



In type citation after "Included" add : and designated. 



carbonator texana (Cresson). 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 58: 22. — Townes and 



Townes, 1960. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2): 242, 243-45. 

 (cocoon descr.). 



