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platypes (Cushman). Mass. s. to Ala., s. to Wis. Host: Acroyiicta radcliffei (Harv.). 

 Paniscus platypes Cushman, 1930 (1929). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 76 (25): 6. 9. 



pluridens Townes. Wyo. 



Netelia (Netelia) pluridens Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 202. 6. 

 punctata Townes. Conn. s. to Va., w. to Mich., Tex. 



Netelia (Netelia) punctata Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 208. 6, 9. 

 recta Townes. Ariz. 



Netelia (Netelia) recta Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 193. 6,9. 

 rectifascia Townes. Ariz. 



Netelia (Netelia) rectifascia Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 216. 6. 

 reflexa Townes. Tex. 



Netelia (Netelia) reflexa Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 198. 6. 

 sayi (Cushman). Que. s. to N. C, w. to S. Dak., Tex. Host: Amathes badinodis (Grt.), Heliothis 

 zea (Bod.). This is the commonest species of the genus in the northeastern U. S.; it 

 occurs throughout the summer and autumn. 



Paniscus gemiinatus var. sayi Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 41. 6, 9. 



Biology: Vance, 1927. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 20: 405-415. 

 spinipes (Cushman). Mass. s. to Ga., w. to Mont., Tex.; Mexico. Host: Heliothis zea (Bod.). 

 Paniscus spinipes Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 32. S, 9. 



Biology: Vance, 1927. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 20: 405-417. 

 stigmata Townes. N. Y., N. J. 



Netelia (Netelia) stigmata Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 202. 6,9. 

 strigilobus Townes. Calif. Host: Zale lunata (Drury). 



Netelia (Netelia) strigilobus Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 207. 6,9. 



Biology: Hicks, 1933. Pan-Pacific Ent. 9: 49-52 (as Paniscus sp., possibly seminifus 

 Holmgren). 

 townesi (Uchida). Calif. 



Netelia (Netelia) unicolor Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 202. Preocc. in Netelia by Smith, 



1874. 

 Payiiscus townesi Uchida, 1939. Insecta Matsumurana 14: 45. N. name for unicolor 

 Townes. 

 townsendi (Cushman). N. Mex. 



Paniscus townsendi Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 40. 9. 

 trituberculata (Cushman). Ariz., Calif. 



Paiiiscus trituberculatus Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 26. 9. 

 turbans Townes. Ariz., Colo. 



Netelia (Netelia) turbans Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 209. 6. 

 umbone Townes. Calif. 



Netelia (Netelia) umbone Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 207. 6. 

 unguicularis (Cushman). R. L s. to N. C, w. to III., Ala. Ecology: This species occurs in moist 

 bottomland forests. 

 Paniscus unguicularis Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 33. 6, 9. 



Genus NETELIA Subgenus BESSOBATES Townes 



Netelia subg. Bessobates Townes, 1961. In Townes, Townes, and Gupta; Amer. Ent. Inst., 

 Mem. 1: 93. 



Type-species: Parabatus deceptor Morley. Orig. desig. 



Because of careless bibliographic work, Bradley (1919) managed to find reason for applying 

 the names Parabates Foerster and Parabatus Thomson to separate subgenera, the latter to 

 what is now called Bessobates. It is evident that Bradley would not have wished to find reason 

 for doing so if he had been aware of Enderlein's (1912) designation of Parabatus nigricarpus 

 Thomson as the type-species of Parabates. Ironically, it is also quite obvious that if Viereck 

 (1914) had been aware of the Enderlein designation for parabates, he would also have 



