Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 443 



507-509. — Niklas and Franz, 1957. Biol. Bundesanst. f. Land. u. Forstw. (Berlin-Dahlem), 

 Mitt. 89: 22-23. — Finlayson and Finlayson, 1958. Canad. Ent. 90: 223-224. — Finlayson, 

 1958. Canad. Ent. 90: 557-563. -Finlayson, 1960 (1959). Ent. Monthly Mag. 95: 216. 

 — Finlayson, 1961 (1960). Ent. Monthly Mag. 96: 177. —Finlayson, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 

 626-628. -Finlayson, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 799-801. -Griffiths, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 

 1005-1010. -Griffiths, 1969. Canad. Ent. 101: 673-713, 907-914. -Price, 1970. Science 170: 

 546-547. -Price, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1102-1111. -Price, 1970. Ecology 51: 445-454. 

 -Price, 1971. Ecology 52: 587-596. -Price, 1972. Canad. Ent. 104: 129-140. 



Morphology: Finlayson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 33, 35, 44 (final-instar larva). 



borrori Townes. Maine. 



Pleolophus borrori Townes, 1962. In Townes arid Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 228. 9. 



clypealis Townes. Alaska. 



Pleolophus clypeolis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 242 

 6. 

 contractus Townes. B. C. s. to Calif Host: Printiphora erichsonii (Htg.). 



Pleolophus contractus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 237. 

 6, 9. 

 coriaceus Townes. Sask., Alta. 



Pleolophus coriaceus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 229. 

 6. 

 furvus Townes. Colo. 



Pleolophus furi'Hs Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 228. 6. 

 grossus Townes. N. Y., Mich., N. Dak., and B. C, s. to w. N. C, Kans., and Oreg. 



Pleolophus grossus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 229. 6, 

 9. 

 indistinctus (Provancher). N. B. s. to w. N. C, w. to Sask. and Iowa. Host: Neodiprion abbotii 

 (Leach), N. abietis (Harris), N. lecontei (Fitch), N. nanulus na7iuius Schedl, N. pratti 

 banksianae Roh., N. sertifer (Geoff), N. swainei Midd., Gilpi^iia hercyniae (Htg.), 

 Pristiphora erichsonii (Htg.), Pikonema alaskensis (Roh.). 

 Cryptus viicropterus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 238. 9. Preocc. in Pleolophus by 



Ichneumon niicropterus Gravenhorst. 

 Phaeogenes indistinctus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canad. Hym., p. 43. 6. 

 Cryptus segregatns Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 73. 6. 

 Aptesis pterigia Bradley, 1918. Brooklyn Ent Soc, Bui. 13: 100. N. name for C. 

 niicropterus Say. 



Biology: Price, 1970. Science 170: 546-547. —Price, 1970. Ecology 51: 445-454. —Price, 1970. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 1502-1509. -Price, 1971. Ecology 52: 587-596. 



Morphology: Finlayson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 31-33, 44 (final-instar larva). 



nigribasis Townes. Colo., N. Mex. 



Pleolophus nigribasis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 237. 



6. 

 pilatus Townes. Newfoundland (Labrador), Mich., Minn. 



Pleolophus pilatus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 227. 6, 

 9. 

 rubrocinctus rubrocinctus (Provancher). Que. s. to N. Y., w. to Mich. 

 Phygadeuon rubrocinctus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 280. 9. 

 Phaeogenes aterrinius Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 330. 6. 

 rubrocinctus rufifemur Townes. Sask. s. to Colo., w. to Alaska and Calif 



Pleolophus rubrocinctus rufifemur Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., 

 Mem. 2: 233. S, 9. 



Genus RHYTURA Townes 



Rhytura Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 244. 

 Type-species: Rhytiira pendens Townes. Monotypic and orig desig. 



