Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 497 



vockerothi Heinrich. N. H. Ecology: The holotype was collected on the summit of Mt. 

 Washington, N. H. (elevation 6100 to 6288 ft.). 



Cratichneunion vockerothi Heinrich, 1961 (1960). Canad. Ent. Sup. 18: 158. 9. 

 w-album (Cresson). Que. s. to Ga., w. to Wis. and Ala. Host: Heterocanipa guttivifta (Wlk.), 

 Dryocampa rubicunda rubicunda (F.). Heinrich (1959, 1961) erroneously applied the 

 name iv-albit)» to C. aignatipes (Cresson) because of the fact that Cresson's (1916) 

 lectotype for w-albuiii does not agree in decisive respects with the original description. 

 Although Cresson made no mention of variation to indicate that he used more than one 

 of his syntypes in writing his original description of w-albH))i, the fact that he had more 

 that one type-specimen is indicated by his statement: "Hab[itat]- Pennsylvania (C. A. 

 Blake); Delaware (Dr. Wilson); New Jersey (Cresson)." Unless it can be shown that 

 Cresson's (1916) lectotype from Pa. was not the specimen from C. A. Blake, there is no 

 basis for disregarding it as the legitimate lectotype. Although it is possible that 

 Cresson's lectotype is not one of the original syntypes, but instead a specimen aquired 

 later and used in making his 1867 expanded description of iv-albii»i, lack of agreement 

 with the original description is not proof of this. 



Ischnus W-albunt Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 191. 6. 



Isclnius variegatus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 250. 6. 



Cratichneunion variegatiiH insigyiituN Heinrich, 1971. Nat. Canad. 98: 985. S, 9. N. syn. 



Taxonomy: Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 309. —Cresson, 1877. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Trans. 6: 179-180 (redescription based on specimens from Canada, N. H., and Mass.). 

 —Cresson, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 1: 63 (lectotype selection). —Heinrich, 1959. Ent. 

 News 70: 190. —Heinrich, 1961 (1960). Canad. Ent. Sup. 18: 122-124, 126-127, 129. 

 yakutatensis Ashmead. Alaska. 



Cratichneuvion yakutatensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 157. 6. 



Genus CRYPTEFFIGIES Heinrich 



AcuUchneumon subg. Crypteffigies Heinrich, 1961 (1960). Canad. Ent. Sup. 15: 17. 

 Type-species: Cratichneumon confusus Ashmead. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



According to Heinrich (1969) Crypteffigies is Holarctic 



Taxonomy: Heinrich, 1961 (1960). Canad. Ent. Sup. 18: 178-180. -Heinrich, 1969 (1968). 

 Synopsis and Reclassif. Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae Africa So. of Sahara, v. 5, p. 1106. 

 confusa (Ashmead). Que., N. Y., Alaska, B. C. 



Cratichneumon confusus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc 4: 158. 6. 

 Plectocryptus popofensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 183. 9. 

 . Plectocryptus yakutatensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 183. 9. 

 megalura Heinrich. Maine, Ont. Specimens in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection appear to 

 indicate that viegalurus will not likely prove to be deserving of anything more than 

 suppression as a synonym of confusus. 

 AcuUchneumon (Crypteffigies) confusus 7)iegaluri(s Heinrich, 1961 (1960). Canad. Ent. 

 Sup. 18: 180, 205. 9. The alternate spelling "niogalnrus" appears on p. 205. 



Taxonomy: Heinrich, 1971. Nat. Canad. 98: 1003-1004 (description of male and elevation to 

 species status). 



Genus HOMOTHERUS Foerster 



Homotherus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 185. 



Type-species: Ichneumon locutor Thunberg. Monotypically included and desig. by 

 Perkins, 1960. 



This is a small genus of Holarctic distribution. 



Taxonomy: Perkins, 1960. Handb. Ident. Brit. Ins., v. 7, pt. 2 (aii), p. 153. —Heinrich, 1971. 

 Nat. Canad. 98: 1000 (key for some males). 

 erythromelas (MacLachlan). Northern N. W. T.; w. Greenland. Dr. W. R. M. Mason informed 

 me that there are specimens from Greenland in the Canadian National Collection, but 



