CHALcmroAE 279 



*mo!estae Burks. Md. south to Fla., west to Ind., Tenn. and Miss. Hosts: 

 Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Anchylopera platanana Clem., Aro- 

 galea cristifasciella (Chamb.). 

 Brachymeria (Brachymeria) molestae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. 



Trans. 86: 245. $, $. 



ovata (Say), changed status. Ont. ; U. S. south of Maine, N. H., and Mont. 



Hosts: Over 100 spp. of Lepidoptera, from Psychidae to Papilioni- 



dae. Raised from subsp. to sp. rank by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. 



supra, p. 258. 

 Chalcis ovata var. ahiesae Girault, 1917 (syn. by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. 



supra, p. 259). 

 Biology: Genung, 1959. Fla. Ent. 42: 40.— Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. 



supra, p. 91. — Allen, 1962, loc. cit. supra, pp. 110-111. 



ovata ahiesae Girault. Syn. of ovata Say. 



ovata ovata (Say). Raised to sp. rank. 



robusta (Cresson), corrected spelling of rohustus of Catalog, teste Genung, 

 1958. Fla. Ent. 41: 191. 

 Biology: Genung, 1959. Fla. Ent. 42: 40. 



*russelli Burks. Miss., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. Hosts: Coptocycla 

 ( Psalidonota) texana (Schaeffer), Chelymorpha cassidea (Fab.), 

 Niizonia sp. 

 Brachymeria (Brachymeria) russelli Burks, I960. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 Trans. 86: 240. 9, $. 



slossonae (Crawford.) Fla. Host: Ephyriades brunnea floridensis B. & C. 



tachinae (Howard). Syn. of coloradensis (Cresson). 



tegiilaris (Cresson). 111. and Tenn. west to Wash., Oreg., and Calif. Host: 

 Hemithrixion oestriforme B. B. 

 Biology: Smith, 1957. Canad. Jour. Zool. 36: 259.— Spencer, 1958. Int. 

 Cong. Ent. 10 Proc, v. 4, p. 501. 



*truncata Burks. Syn. of truncatella Burks. 



*truncatella Burks, new name. Sask., Nebr., Tex., Colo., N. Hex., Ariz., 

 Calif. 

 *Brachymeria (Brachymeria) truncata Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 Trans. 86: 234. ?, $. Preocc. by Brachymeria truncata 

 (Schmitz), 1946. 



*weem8i Burks. Fla. 



Brachymeria (Brachymeria) tveemsi Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 Trans. 86: 236. 9. 



*BRACHYMERIA subgenus GAHANULA Burks 



Brachymeria subg. Gahanula Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 

 261. 



Type: Brachymeria discreta Gahan. Orig. desig. 



discrela Gahan. Tex., Ariz., Calif., Hawaii; Mexico. Hosts: Tinea sp., 

 ? pyi-austid moth infesting Polistes instabilis Sauss. nest. 



discretoidea Gahan. Tex., Ariz.; Mexico, Panama. Host: Unident. moth in- 

 festing Trig ana amalthea (Oliv.) nest. 



^BRACHYMERIA subgenus PSEUDOBRACHYMERIA Burks 



Brachymeria subg. Pseudobrachymeria Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 Trans. 86: 263. 



Type: Pseudochalcis conica Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Columbiana (Howard). D. C, Va., Fla., La. Host: ? Laetilia coccidivora 

 Comst. 

 Chalcis louisianae Girault (syn. by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 266). 



*conica (Ashmead). Tex.; south through Cent. Amer. to Brazil; Trinidad, 

 W. I. 



