Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 193 



Bassus winkleyi Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, p. 



229. 9. 

 coieophorae (Rohwer). Conn., Pa., Va., W. Va., Idaho. Host: Coleophora laricella Hbn., C. 



leucochrysella Clem., C. malivorella Riley. 

 Bassiis coieophorae Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 230. 9. 

 Bassus pyrifolii Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, p. 



229. 9. 

 conspicua (Wesmael). Mass., Conn., Pa., Del., Md., Va., W. Va., Ind.; Europe. Host: Grapholitha 



molesta (Busck), Laspeyresia pomonella (L.). Introduced also into Wash, from Del. but 



apparently not established. 

 Microdus (Therophilus) conspicuus Wesmael, 1837. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 



17. 9, 6. 

 E annus zonatus Marshall, 1885. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1885: 268. S. 

 Bassus carpocapsae Cushman, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 508. 9. 

 crassicornis (Muesebeck). Fla., Iowa. 



Bassus crassicornis Muesebeck, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (16): 43. 9. 



cupressi Muesebeck and Walkley. N. Mex., Idaho, Calif. 



Bassus pan'us Muesebeck, 1932. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 22: 331. 9,6. Preocc. by Viereck, 



1903. 

 Agathis cupressi Muesebeck and Walkley, 1951. In Muesebeck, et ai, 1951, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, p. 119. N. name for parvus Muesebeck. 

 difficilis (Muesebeck). N. C, Ga., Fla., Miss., Ark., La., Tex. Host: Acrobasis indigenella (Zell.), 

 Nephopteryx crassifasciella Rag., N. subcaesiella (Clem.), N. uvinella (Rag.). 

 Bassus difficilis Muesebeck, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (16): 46. 9,6. 



dimidiator (Nees). Que. s. to D. C, w. to Ont. and Mo.; Alta., Wash., Oreg.; Europe. Host: 



Acleris variana (Fern.), Archips cerasivoranus (Fitch), Spilonota ocellana (D. and S.). 

 This species is a common parasite of the eyespotted bud moth, Spilonota ocellana, in 

 Europe and North America; several more hosts have been recorded in the literature for 

 North America (under the name laticinctus Cresson) but most need to be confirmed. 



Microdus dimidiator Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Aff. Monog., v. 1, p. 146. 9. 



Microdus laticinctus Cresson, 1873. Canad. Ent. 5: 53. d. 



Microdus ocellanae Richardson, 1913. Canad. Ent. 45: 211. 9. 



Taxonomy: Sadava and Miller, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 441 (syn. of laticinctus). 



Biology: Silvestri, 1922. Lab. Zool. Agr. Portici, Bol. 16: 272. — Dondale, 1954. Canad. Ent. 86: 

 40-44 (as laticinctus). — Stultz, 1954. Canad. Ent. 86: 96-98 (as laticinctus). 

 discolor (Cresson). Mass. s. to Fla., w. to Mich., Iowa and Tex. Host: Ancylis comptana 

 (Froel.), Lineodes interrripta (Zell.). 

 Microdus discolor Cresson, 1873. Canad. Ent. 5: 52. 9, S. 



Bassus brittoni Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, p. 

 229. 9. 

 diversa (Muesebeck). Conn., N. Y., N. J., Va., Mich., Ohio, Ind.; Japan. Introduced from Japan. 

 Host: Grapholitha molesta (Busck). 

 Bassus diversus Muesebeck, 1933. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 35: 48. 9. 



Biology: Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 72-73. —Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Tech. Bui. 1256, p. 30-31. 

 erythrogaster (Viereck). Conn. s. to Ga., w. to Mich., Kans., and La. Host: Epiblema 

 strenuanum (Wlkr.). 

 Bassus (Aerophilopsis) erythrogaster Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 44: 555. S. 

 festiva Muesebeck. N. Y., N. J.; China, India. Introduced from China. Host: Grapholitha 

 molesta (Busck), G. pniinivora (Walsh). 

 Agathis festiva Muesebeck, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55: 149. 9,6. 



Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265, p. 31-34. 

 floridana (Muesebeck). Fla. 



Bassus floridayius Muesebeck, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (16): 31. 6. 



