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notata newcomeri (Cushman), changed status. Mont, to B. C. south to Oreg., 

 also N. J. Host: Ainetastegia glabroAa (Fall.), Allantus cinctus 

 (L.). Removed from syn. of notata (Provancher) {teste Townes 

 and Townes, 1962, pp. 117, 119). 



notata notata (Provancher), changed status. Atlantic to Rocky Mts. in Can- 

 ad., Transit, zones. Hosts: "Odynerus" nest in Rhus stem, Ancis- 

 troccrns brrenimaculatus (Sau?s.). 



Cryptus belangeri Provancher. Transf. from syn. of Gambrus canadensis 

 canadensis (Provancher), p. 268 {teste Townes and Townes. 1962, 

 pp. 80, 116). 



Caenocrrptus newcomeri Cushman. Remove from syn.; valid subsp. of 

 notata (Provancher). 



*notata sierrae Townes. Calif. Hosts: Ancistrocerus spilogaster Cam.; Lep- 

 tochilus tetradymia Park. ; Megachile gentilis Cress. 

 Aritranis notata sierrae Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. 

 Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 116, 120. $,9. 



♦nubecula Townes. R. I., Fla., Mich., Tex. 



Aritranis nubecula Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 100, 109. S, ?. 



Genus AGROTHEREUTES Foerster, pp. 269-270, Sup. 1, p. 46 



*Dayro Cameron, 1902. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) 9: 209. Syn. 

 {te^te Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 12, 42. An earlier reference 

 to this synonomy not found). 



Type : Dayro pilosus Cameron. By monotypy. 



abbreviator iridescens (Cresson), changed status. A. abbreviator abbreviator 

 is European. Minn., Wis., Ont. Host: Diprion frutetorum (F.). 

 Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 51, 

 52,57). 



abbreviator rufopectus Cushman, changed status. B. C, Alta. to Calif, east 

 to Wyo., Colo., N. Mex. Hosts: Neodiprion tsugne Midd., Pristi- 

 phora erichsonii {Htg.), Laspeyresia vigricana (Steph.). Reduced 

 to subsp. rank {teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 51, 55). 



abbreviator similaris (Provancher), changed status. N. S., Ont., Mich., Wis., 

 Minn., Man., Sask., Alta., N. W. T., Yukon, Alaska. Host: Neodi- 

 prion lecontei (Fitch), N. abietis (Harr.), N. sertifer (Geoff.), 

 Pristiphora erichsonii (Htg.). Reduced to subsp. rank {teste 

 Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 51, 52, 53). 

 Biology: Finlayson, 1960, Canad. Ent. 92 (12) : 932-933 (larval). 



*alutarius Townes. Alaska, Yukon, N. W. T. 



Agrothereutes alutarius Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. 

 Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 44, 45, 47. $, 9. 



cimbicivorus (Cushman). Canad. Zone. 



*grandis Townes. Conn, south to S. C. 



Agrothereutes grandis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 44, 45, 46. $, ?. 



iridescens (Cresson). A subsp. of abbreviator (Fabricius). 



lophyri lophyri (Norton), changed status. Reduced to subsp. rank {teste 

 Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 60, 62). 



*lophyri obscurus Townes. Newfoundland, N. B. Host: Neodiprion abietis 

 (Harr.). 

 Agrothereutes lophyri obscurus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, 

 U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 3) : 60, 61. $, 9. 



*lophyri ontariensis Townes. N. B., Maine, Que., Ont., N. H., N. J., Mich., 

 Wis., Minn., Man., B. C. Hosts: Neodiprion abietis (Harr.) ; N. 

 lecontei (Fitch); N. nanulus nanulus Schedl; N. nigroscutum 

 Midd.; N. pratti banksianae Rohw.; N. sp., Diprion similis 

 (Htg.) ; "Spruce sawfly." 



