276 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



*Bruchophagus gibbus medicaginis Kolobova, 1950. Ent. Obozr. 31: 70 



(syn. by Perju, loc, cit. supra, p. 575). 



Taxonomy: Nikolskaya, 1952. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., Keys to Fauna of 

 U.S.S.R. 44: 173, 175.— Fedoseeva, 1954, loc. cit. supra, p. 116.— 

 Fedoseeva, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 1349. — Strong, 1962, loc. cit. 

 supra, pp. 1-4. 



Biology: Strong, 1962. Hilgardia 32: 229-248.— Carillo and Dickason, 

 1963, loc. fit. supra, p. 25. — Strong, Bacon, and Russell, 1963. Hil- 

 gardia 35: 1-12. 



sculptus (Ashmead), corrected spelling of sculpta of Sup. 1, p. 82, teste Peck, 

 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 831. 



Family CHALCEDECTIDAE 



Genus CHALCEDECTUS Walker, p. 584 



*Episystole Girault, 1927. S. Austr. Mus. Rec. 3: 317. 



Type : Episystole poeta Girault. Orig. desig. 

 *I\eochalcodectus Masi, 1936. Soc. Ent. Ital. Bol. 68: 68. 



Type: Neochalcodectiis sinaiticus Masi. By monotypy. 

 Taxonomy: Boucek, 1959. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 33: 568. 



Genus EUCHRYSIA Westwood, p. 584 



hyalinipennis Ashmead. Fla., N. Mex., Ariz. Host: Oncideres rhodosticta 

 Bates. 



Family CHALCIDIDAE 



Subfamily HALTICHELLINAE 



Genus HALTICHELLA Spinola, p. 584 



longicornis Ashmead. 



Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 1265, p. 110. 



rhyacioniae Gahan. Mass. south to S. C. and Miss., west to Nebr. and Tex. 

 Host: Rhyacionia rigidana (Fern.). 

 Biology: Miller and Neiswander, 1959. Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta. Res. Bui. 

 840, p. 18. — Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91. 



xanticles (Walker). Iowa, Okla., Tex., Sask. Hosts: Grapholitha molesta 

 (Busck), Coleophora laricella Hbn., Exoteleia pinifoliella 

 (Chamb.). 

 Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91. — Allen, 1962, loc. cit, 

 supra, p. 109. 



Genus HOCKERIA Walker 

 ( = Sfomafoceras Kirby of Catalog, p. 585) 



Hockeria Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 21, 34. 



Type : Chalcis bispinosa Fabricius. Desig. by Kirby, 1883. 



Taxonomy: Boucek, 1951. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 27, Sup., p. 61. — 

 Steffan, 1953. Feuille Nat. (Cahiers Nat.), n.s., 8: 10.— Habu, 

 1960. Nat. Inst. Agr. Sci. Japan Bui., ser. C, 11: 220. 



Use of this generic name is provisional, to conform with preponderant 

 usage in current literature. Since the genotype of Stomatoceras is a misiden- 

 tified species, the case should be referred to the Internatl. Comm. on Zool. 

 Nomencl. 



americensis (Girault) , new status. 



Stomatoceras unipunctatipennis americensis Girault, 1918 (ch. from 

 subsp. to sp.; types re-examined). 



eriensis (Wallace), new status. Del. south to N. C., west to N. Dak., Kans., 

 Tex., Calif. 



