Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 413 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 65. 



pilifrons (Provancher). Que. s. to N. C, w. to B. C. and Calif. Host: Acronicta betulae (Riley), 

 Grapbolitha molesta (Bsk.), Laspeyresia pomonella (L.). 

 Orthocentrus pilifrons Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 279-. "9" = 6. 

 Hemiteles cryptifonnis Riley, 1890. hi Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 



153. Nomen nudum. 

 Aenoplex betnlaecola Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 208. 9. 

 Aenoplex plesiotypus Cushman, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 510. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 460. 

 pinifoliae (Cushman), n. comb. Mass., La. Host: Exoteleia sp., E. pinifoUella (Chamb.). As with 

 M. laricellae (Mason), this species is placed provisionally in Mastrus (see foregoing 

 discussion under Lysibia. 

 Hemiteles pinifoliae Cushman, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82 (14): 5. 6, 9. 

 polychrosidis (Cushman). R. I., N. Y., Pa. Host: Paralobesia viteana (Clem.). 



Aenoplex polychrosidis Cushman, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 55: 524. d, 9. 

 rubricornis (Ashmead). Va. 



Hemiteles rubriconiis Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 405. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 65. 

 ruflpes (Ashmead). Alaska. 



Aenoplex rufipes Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 188. 6. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 12: 65. 

 smithii (Packard). Que. w. to Wash., s. to N. J., 111., Colo., and Oreg. Host: Ganibnis extrematis 

 (Cr.), Anietastegia glabrata (Fall.). 

 Cryptus Smithii Packard, 1865. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 9: 346. 6, 9. 

 Echthrus rubripes Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 16. 9. 



Phaeogenes crassitelns Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 41. 9. 

 Aenoplex nigrosovia Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 460. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 65. 

 subspinosus (Provancher). Que., R. I., N. Y. 



Phygadeuon subspinosus Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 336. 6. 



Genus AMYDRAULAX Cushman 



Amydraulax Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60 (21): 4. 



Type-species: Amydraulax pulchra Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



There is an undescribed species which apparently occurs in northern Mexico as well as in the 

 southwestern U. S.; it has been reared from cones of Pinus ponderosa. The genus is not known 

 to occur outside of the southwestern part of the Nearctic region. 



pulchra Cushman. Calif. Ecology: The only host known for pulchra is a cerambycid which 

 bores in the branches of Sequoia gigantea. Host: Callidium sequarimn Fisher. 

 Amydraulax pulchra Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60 (21): 5. 9. 



Genus APOTEMNUS Cushman 



Apotemnus Cushman, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 359. 



Type-species: Cryptus truncatus Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Only the type-species is known. 



truncatus Cushman. Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Reared from cones of Cupressus macrocarpa. 

 Apotemnus truncatus Cushman, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 360. 9. 



Genus HELICOSTIZUS Foerster 



Brachycentrus Taschenberg, 1865. Ztschr. f. die Gesam. Naturw. Halle 25: 106. Preocc. by 

 Curtis, 1834. 



