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designated nigricarpus as the type-species of Parabatus, which would have prevented sub- 

 sequent authors from applying these names to separate subgenera of Netelia, as did Townes for 

 more than 20 years (1939 to 1961). Apparently recognizing that it was no longer feasible to treat 

 some of the Thomson emendations of Foerster names as having been newly proposed for 

 separate taxa, Townes (1961) abandoned his earlier stance on the issue with the proposal of Bes- 

 sobates as a "new name for Parabatus as defined by Townes, 1939." Not only does it seem incor- 

 rect for Townes to have characterized his proposal of Bessobates in those terms, it is paradoxical 

 for him to have done so without a word calling attention to or explaining his designation of 

 Parabatus deceptor Morley as type-species instead of Ichneumon virgatus Geoffroy. Townes 

 (1969) attributes the name Bessobates to Townes, Townes, and Gupta, but the wording of the 

 proposal (yet alone the 1939 description) is clearly in the unadulterated style of the senior 

 author, and it seems inappropriate for him to place part of the blame for it upon the junior 

 authors. 



Taxonomy: Enderlein, 1912. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 73: 106. — Viereck, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 



83: 110. —Bradley, 1919. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 3: 319-324. —Townes, 1969. Amer. 



Ent. Inst, Mem. 11: 154. 

 deceptor (Morley). N. S. s. to Pa., w. to Alaska, Calif. Host: Schizura concinna (J. E. S.), Polia 

 legitimata (Grt.). 



Parabatus deceptor Morley, 1913. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 129. 6. 



Parabates cristatoides Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 46. cJ, 9. 



Parabates crassus Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 47. 9. Uncertain syn. 

 latungula (Thomson). Que. s. to Va., w. to Ont., 111.; Eurasia. 



Parabatus latungula Thomson, 1888. Opusc. Ent. 12: 1196. S, 9. 

 longipalpus Townes. Que. s. to Ala., w. to Mich., III. 



Parabatus smithi Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 45. 9. Preocc. in Netelia 

 by Dalla Torre (1902). 



Netelia (Parabatiis) longipalpus Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 218. N. name for smithi 

 Cushman. 

 rogrersi Townes. N. Y., Pa., Md., Va., N. C. 



Netelia (Parabatus) rogersi Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 219. 3,9. 

 sinus Townes. Md., Va., 111.; Guatemala. 



Netelia (Parabatus) sinus Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 220. 6. 

 uncata Townes. D. C, S. C. 



Netelia (Parabatus) uncata Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 218. cj, 9. 



Unplaced Taxon of Netelia 



appendiculata (Provancher). Que. 



Paniscus appendicxdatus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 105. 6. According to Barron 

 (1975) the holotype is lost. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1939 (1938). Lloydia 1: 222. —Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 427-428. 



Tribe OEDEMOPSINI 



This is a small tribe with nine genera, seven of which are represented by species in the Nearc- 

 tic Region. Most of the species are apparently parasitic upon larvae of Lepidoptera, but Eclytus 

 spp. parasitize sawfly larvae. 



The names Thymarides (Thomson, 1883) and Eclytini (Townes, 1945) are junior synonyms of 

 Oedemopsini (Woldstedt, 1877). 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 41-53 (out of date generic 

 revision with keys for Neotropic species). 



Genus ECLYTUS Holmgren 



Eclytus Holmgren, 1857 (1855). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n. f.) 1: 127. 



Type-species: Eclytiis omatus Holmgren. Desig. by Viereck, 1912. 

 Zapedias Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 206. 



