Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 441 



leucospis Townes and Gupta. Calif. 



Giraudia leiicoapis Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 196. 6. 

 minor Townes and Gupta. N. C, S. C. 



Giraudia minor Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 196. 6, 9. 

 plana (Provancher). Que. s. to n.e. Ga., w. to Minn, and Iowa. 



Phygadeuon planus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 283. 9. 



Mesostenus ruficoxua Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 266. 6. Uncertain syn. 



Phygadeuon robuafus Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 75. 9. 



Mesostenus provancheri Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 546. Unnecessary n. name 

 for M. nificoxHs; the latter not preocc. by Mesostentis nificoxis Brulle. 

 punctifera Townes and Gupta. Que. s. to Ga., w. to Wis. 



Giraudia punctifera Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 194. 6, 9. 

 rufa (Provancher). Que. s. to w. N. C, w. to Minn. 



Cryptus rufus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6 (6): 177 (key); 6 (7): 202. 6. 

 semiflava Townes and Gupta. Que., Maine, N. Y., Mich., N. Mex. 



Giraudia semiflava Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 191. 6, 9. 

 subaequalis Townes and Gupta. N. Y., s.w. N. C, n.w. S. C, n.e. Ga. 



Giraudia subaequalis Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 197. 6, 9. 



Genus SCHENKIA Foerster 



Schenkia Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 184. 



Type-species: Phygadeuon graminicola Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and 

 desig. by Ashmead, 1900. 

 Ecpaglus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 185. 



Type-species: Cry plus brevicornis Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and desig. 

 by Ashmead, 1900. 

 Sckenckia Dalla Torre, 1901. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 20: 51. Emend. 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



amphileuca Townes and Gupta. N. Y., Mich., Minn. 



Schenkia an(phileuca Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 201. 6, 9. 

 graminicola (Gravenhorst). Que. s. to N. Y., w. to n. Yukon, Oreg., and Colo.; Europe. Townes 



and Gupta (1962) recognized three subspecies. 

 Cryptus brevicornis Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 511. c5. 

 Cryptus humilis Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 604. 6. 

 Phygadeuon graminicola Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 673. 9. 

 Phygadeuon rectus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 178. i. 

 Phaeogenes tuberculifer Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 331. "9" = 3. 

 Cryptus pubescens Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 72. Preocc. 



by Fonscolombe, 1850. 

 Cryptus Hechfellneri Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 574. N. name for C. pubescens 



Provancher. 

 Schenkia graminicola hesperus Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 207. S, 



9. N. syn. 

 iridescens (Cresson). Newfoundland (Labrador) w. to Alaska, s. to S. C, 111., Colo., and Oreg. 

 Ischnus iridescens Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 193. 6. 

 Cryptus brevicauda Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 412. 9. 

 Schenkia iridescens pumila Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 211. 6, 9. 



N. syn. 

 Schenkia iridescens oreas Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 212. 6,9. 



N. syn. 

 Schenkia iridescens melanops Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 216. 6, 



9. N. syn. 

 leucopus Townes and Gupta, N. Y., N. J., n.w. S. C, Ohio, Mich. 



Schenkia leucopus Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 217. cJ, 9. 



