VESPIDAE 375 



rufa intermedia (Buysson). Raised to sp. rank. 



rufa sladeni Bequaert. Syn. of acadica (Sladen). 



rufa vidua (Saussure). Raised to sp. rank. 



vidua (Saussure), changed status. 



Vespula (Vespulu) rufa vidua (Saussure). Restored to sp. rank {teste 

 Miller, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 26). 



VESPULA subgenus DOLICHOVESPULA Rohwer, p. 877 



adulterina adulterina (Buysson). Delete; the color variant in western North 

 America thought to be typical adulterina from Asia is just a varia- 

 tion of arctica Rohwer. 



adulterina arctica Rohwer. Raised to sp. rank. 



albida (Sladen), changed status. 



Vespula (Dolichovespula) norwegica albida (Sladen). Restored to sp. 

 rank {teste Miller, 1961, loc, cit. supra, p. 28). 



arctica Rohwer, changed status. 



Vespula (Dolichovespula) adulterina arctica Rohwer. Restored to sp. 

 rank {teste Miller, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 30). 



arenaria (Fabricius), changed status. 



Vespula (Dolichovespula) arenaria arenaria (Fabricius). Raised to sp. 



rank {teste Bohart and Bechtel, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 88). 

 Vespula (Dolichovespula) arenaria fernaldi (Lewis) (syn, by Bohart 

 and Bechtel, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 88). 



arenaria fernaldi (Lewis). Syn. of arenaria (Fabricius). 



norvegicoides (Sladen), changed status. 



Vespula (Dolichovespula) norvegicoides (Sladen). Restored to sp. rank 

 {teste Miller, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 36). 



norwegica albida (Sladen). Raised to sp. rank. 



norwegica norvegicoides (Sladen). Raised to sp. rank. 



Genus POLISTES Latreille, pp. 878-879 



annularis (Linnaeus). 



Biology: Rabb, 1960. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 53: 111-121.— Balduf, 1961. 

 Ent. News 72: 259-260. 



exclamans exclamans Viereck. Md., N. J. 



Biology: Hodapp and Bickley, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 73.— 

 Rabb, 1960, loc. cit. supra, pp. 111-121. 



fuscatus fuscatus (Fabricius). 



Biology: Rabb, 1960, loc. cit. supra, pp. 111-121. 



Genus PSEUDOMASARIS Ashmead, pp. 882-883 



Taxonomy: Richards, 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps, 

 pp. 276-281, figs. 236-241 (revised key and places the subgenera 

 Toryna Bradley and Holopticus Bradley in synonymy). 



Revision: Richards, 1963. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 27: 283-310, 3 pis., 

 26 text figs. 



bariscipus Bradley. Syn. of basirufus Rohwer. 



basirufus Rohwer. Ariz., Calif. 



Pseudomasaris (Holopticus) maculifrons (Fox), of Catalog in part. Re- 

 move zonalis basirufus Rohwer from syn. {teste Richards, 1962, 

 loc. cit. supra, p. 281). 



Pseudomasaris (Holopticus) bariscipus Bradley (syn. by Richards, 1962, 

 loc. cit. supra, p. 281). 



coquilletti Rohwer. Ariz. 



edwardsii (Cresson). Mexico (Baja California). 



