Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 455 



suppose that there could be a good correlation between the coloration of the male hind 



tarsus and the female flagellum. 

 Pliijgadeuon anmilatus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 179. 9. Preocc. by Cresson, 1864. 

 Trychosis seiiiiniber Townes, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 254. N. name for P. 



aumilatiis Provancher. 

 Trychosis soiiinibra pitlla Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 



216 (pt. 3): 352. 6,9. N. syn. 

 Tri/choKiK semirubm arizonica Townes, 1962. //( Townes and Townes, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bui. 



216 (pt. 3): 354. 6,9. N. syn. 

 similis (Cresson). N. S. s. to S. C, w. to Minn., Kans., and Tex. The two subspecies recognized 



by Townes and Townes (1962) were almost completely sympatric- 

 Cryptu.'< .■iunilifi Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 299. 9. 

 Trychosis situ His badianniis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 



216 (pt. 3): 343. 6, 9. N. syn. 



subgracilis (Cresson). P. E. I. s. to Fla., w. to Colo, and Tex. Ecology: One specimen was 

 reared from a head of Rudbeckia aniplex. 

 Cryptus subgracilis Cresson. 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 303. 9. 

 Crypius rufoannulatus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6 (6): 177 (key); 6 (7): 202. 

 sulcata Townes. Mass. s. to N. C, w. to Mich, and Kans. 



Trychosis sulcata Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 3): 

 349. 6, 9. 



SUBTRIBE CRYPTINA 



Townes (1970) says that this is the dominant subtribe in the Holarctic Region. Most of the 

 species appear to be parasites of the pupae or prepupae of Lepidoptera or Symphyta. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 158-159 (genera of world). 



Genus CAMERA Townes 



Camera Townes, 1962. //( Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 3): 432. 

 Type-species: Mesosfenus euryaspis Cameron. Orig. desig. 



Except for the species which ranges into Texas, this small genus is Neotropic. 



euryaspis (Cameron). Tex.; Mexico. 



Mesosfenus euryaspis Cameron, 1885. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 226. 9. 



Genus ISCHNUS Gravenhorst 



Ischnus Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 1, p. 638. 



Type-species: Ichneumon porrectorius Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. The 

 type-species is regarded as a synonym of /. inquisitoriiis inquisitorius (Mueller). 

 Habrocrypfus Thomson, 1873. Opusc. Ent. 5: 498. 



Type-species: Cryptus assertorins Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. The 

 type-species is Gravenhorst's identification of Ichneunioyi assertorius Fabricius 

 and is regarded as a synonym of I. inquisitorius inquisitorius (Mueller). 

 Aglaocryptus Cameron, 1903. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc, Mem. and Proc. 47 (14): 31. 



Type-species: Aglaocryptus curvitnaculatus Cameron. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Erythrocryptus Cameron, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 126. 



Type-species: Erythrocryptus rufus Cameron. Monotypic. 



This moderately large genus is almost worldwide in distribution. The species are pupal 

 parasites of Lepidoptera. 



cinctipes (Walsh). Que. s. to Fla., w. to Minn, and Tex. Host: Ancylis comptana (Froel), A. 

 dii'isana Wlk., Paralobesia viteana (Clem.). 

 Cryptus cinctipes Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 72. 6, 9. 

 Phygadeuon fraterculus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 55. 9. 

 Spilocryptus polychrosidis Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 461. 6,9. 



