ICHNEUMONIDAE 79 



Tribe THERONIINI 



Genus PSEUDORHYSSA Merrill, p. 191 



Change type desig. to read as follows: Type: Pseudorhyssa sternata Mer- 

 rill = ruficoxis (Kriechbaumer). Orig. desig. 



Transf. from Tribe Ephialtini, p. 191 {teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 

 373). Place after heading Tribe Theroniini. 



*ruficoxis (Kriechbaumer). Host: Siricidae in conifers; ? also Coleoptera. 

 "Rhyssa approximator (Fabricius)" of authors, not of Fabricius. 

 Rhyssa approximator var. ruficoxis Kriechbaumer 1887. Ent. Nachr. 13: 



250. 9. 

 Pseudorhyssa sternata Merrill (syn. by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 

 373). 

 «/ernaf a Merrill. Syn. of ruficoxis (Kriechbaumer). 



Genus THERONIA Holmgren, pp. 202-203 



*Poecilopimpla Cameron, 1903. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic. Soc. Jour. 

 39: 140. Syn. by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 351. 



Type: Poecilopimpla lucida Cameron. By monotypy. 

 Liotheronia Enderlein, 1919. Transf. to syn. of Pimpla Fabricius. 



atalantae (Poda). Delete from Catalog. Place fulvescens (Cresson), and its 

 syns. rufescens Taylor, fulvescens var. niellipennis Viereck and 

 atalantae var. americana Krieger, as a subsp. of atalantae. 



atalantae fulvescens Cresson, changed status. T. atalantae atalantae (Poda) 

 occurs in Europe. Host: Dasychira plagiata (Wlkr.). 

 Theronia atalantae (Poda) of Catalog. Remove atalantae (Poda) from 

 syn., and place fulvescens as valid subsp. of atalantae {teste 

 Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 354). 



bicincta (Cresson). Delete from Catalog; occurs only in Cuba {teste Townes 

 and Townes, 1960, p. 362). 



*bicincta floridana Townes. Fla., Ga. Host: Tromatobia nifopectus (Cress.). 

 Another subsp., bicincta bicincta (Cresson), occurs in Cuba. 

 Theronia bicincta floridana Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. 

 Natl. Mus. Bui. 216: 361, 362. $, ?. 



hilaris (Say). Host: Heterocampa guttivitta (Wlkr.). 

 septemtrionalis (Krieger). Fla., Ohio, Okla. 



Genus DELOMERISTA Foersier, p. 191 



Change desig. of type species to: Incl. and desig. by Schmiedeknecht, 

 1888. 



Place in tribe Theroniini, p. 203. 



*borealis Walkley. Alaska, Yukon, N.W.T., Que., Colo. 



Delomerista borealis Walkley, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2): 365, 370. $. 



*geUda Walkley. Alaska, N.W.T., B. C. to Que., N. Y., Pa., Colo., Ariz., 

 Calif. 

 Delomerista gelida Walkley, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 365, 366. $. 



*japonica diprionis Cushman, n. status. Alaska and B. C. to Calif. (Mts.) east 

 to N. W. T., N. S. and N.Y., N C. (Mts.). D. japonica japonica 

 occurs in Japan. Hosts: Diprion frutetorum (F.), Neodiprion spp. 



Taxonomy: Walkley, 1960, in Townes and Townes, pp. 367-368 (as syn. of 

 japonica). 



Biology: Finlayson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92(1) : 25-26 (as diprionis). 



*lepteees Walkley. Alaska, Que., Colo. 



Delomerista lepteces Walkley, 1960, In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 365, 368. 9. 



