Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 557 



terminalis (Ashmead). Que. s. to w. N. C, w. to e. Kans. Host: Tortricid, Nephopteryx 

 virgatella (Clem.) on Robinia pseudoacacia, N. snbcaesiella (Clem.). 

 Tridistus terminalis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 201. 6. 



Genus CARRIA Schmiedeknecht 



Carria Schmiedeknecht, 1924. Ent. Monthly Mag. 60: 112. 



Type-species: Carria paradoxa Schmiedeknecht. Monotypic. 



This is a small Holarctic and Australian genus. 



dreisbachi californica Townes. Northeastern Calif. 



Carria dreisbachi californica Townes, 1959. hi Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 [pt. 1]: 157. cJ, 9. 

 dreisbachi dreisbachi Townes. Que. w. to Sask., s. to w. N. C. and 111. 



Carria dreisbachi dreisbachi Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 [pt. 1]: 155. 6,9. 

 dreisbachi montana Townes. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., w. Wash. 



Carria dreisbachi viojitana Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 [pt. 1]: 156. S, 9. 

 inculcata Townes. N. J., Md., s.e. N. C, e. S. C. 



Carria inculcata Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 [pt. 1]: 

 158. <J, 9. 



Genus MACROMALON Townes 



Macromalon Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 [pt. 1]: 118. 

 Type-species: Macromalon montanum Townes. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Only two species are known; one from India has been reared from Pliitella xylostella (L.). 



montanum Townes. Colo. Ecology: The type specimens were collected at elevations of 9400, 

 9500, and 11000 ft. in the Rocky Mountains. 

 Macromalon mo^itamwi Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 [pt. 1]: 159. d, 9. 



Genus HYPSICERA Latreille 



Hypsicera Latreille, 1829. In Cuvier, Le Regne Anim., ed. 2, v. 5, p. 288. 



Type-species: Ichneumon femoralis Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and desig. 

 by Viereck, 1914. The type-species designation is Gravenhorst's 1820 

 identification oi Ichneumon femoralis Geoffroy. 

 Metacoelus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 161. 



Type-species: Exochus femoralis Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from four 

 species included by Holmgren, 1873. The type-species designation is 

 Gravenhorst's 1829 identification oi Ichneumon femoralis Geoffroy. 

 Polyclistus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 161. 



Type-species: Ichneumon femoralis Geoffroy. Desig. by Viereck, 1912 from three 

 species included by Thomson, 1887. 

 Plesioexochus Cameron, 1905. So. African Phil. Soc, Trans. 15: 202. 

 Type-species: Plesioexochus riifipes Cameron. Monotypic. 



This large genus is Ethiopian, Oriental, and Holarctic. The largest number of species occur in 

 the tropics of the Old World. 



Revision: Kusigemati, 1971. Kagoshima Univ., Faculty Agr., Mem. 8: 253-261 (Japanese spp.). 

 cuneata Townes. Maine, R. I., N. Y., Ont., Ohio, Alta., Ariz., Alaska, Calif. 



Hypsicera cuneata cuneata Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 



216 [pt. 1]: 165. 6,9. 

 Hypsicera cuneata opaca Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 [pt. 1]: 166. 6, 9.N. syn. 



