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merous than those of Lepidoptera. 



The genric classification adopted here is largely in agreement with that of Townes (1970). The 

 few departures from that classification which are not based on more recent publications reflect 

 my own thinking and predjudices regarding Campoplegini and the generic category in general. 



Revision: Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57: 176-181, 198-204, 223-228, 296-303; 58: 2-8, 

 30-38, 71-78, 122-130, 143-149, 176-182, 196-201, 219-225, 257-260, 276-283 (revision mostly 

 of specimens in Canad. Natl, collection; systematically unsound and not usable for 

 identification). 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. In Townes, Townes, and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 1: 449-451. 

 -Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 148-193 (genera of world). —Townes, 

 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 241. — Finlayson, 1975. Ent. Soc. Canada, Mem. 94: 137 p. 

 (final-instar larvae of most genera in North America which have been reared). 



Genus SINOPHORUS Foerster 



Sinophorus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 153. 



Type-species: Limneria (Sinophorus) canarsiae Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy 

 from inclusion by Ashmead, 1898. 

 Eulimneria Schmiedeknecht, 1907. Hym. Mitteleuropas, p. 600. 



Type-species: Icfnieumon albidus Gmelin. Desig. by Morley, 1913. 

 Campoplex subg. Campoletidea Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 634. N. syn. 



Type-species: Campoplex (Campoletidea) caradriyiae Viereck. Monotypic and orig. 

 desig. 



This moderately large genus is somewhat arbitrarily delineated from Campoplex. It is 

 Neotropic, Holarctic, and Oriental, with the great majority of species occuring in the Holarctic 

 Region. The species apparently occur in grasslands or sparsely wooded areas. The hosts are 

 various Lepidoptera. 



albicinctus (Viereck), n. comb. N. J.?, e. N. C.?, Sask., Colo., s.e. Wyo., s. Alta., s. B. C. Ecology: 

 One of the specimens in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection was collected in the Rocky 

 Mountains of Wyoming at an elevation of 9600 ft. 

 Pyracmon albicinctum Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 180 (key); 58 (1): 4. d, 9. 



alkae (Ellinger and Sachtleben). Eurasia. Introduced in Mass., Conn., R. I., N. Y., Pa., Ont., 

 Ohio, and Mich, between 1920 and 1933; reported as recovered in Mass. and Mich, by 

 Jones (1929), but apparently not established in any of the release areas. Host: Ostrinia 

 nubilalis (Hbn.). In literature published before the description of alkae in 1928 and in 

 some literature for more than ten years thereafter, the species was misidentified as 

 crassifemur (Thomson). Dr. R. I. Sailer (see Syme, 1971) is of the opinion that alkae is 

 conspecific with nififemiir (Thomson), but I was unable to verify this by examining the 

 rufifemur type. Material reared from both Ostrinia iiubilalis and Rhyacionia buoliana 

 (D. and S.) at the same locality would undoubtedly be very helpful in the solution of this 

 question. 

 Limnerium alkae Ellinger and Sachtleben, 1928. Internatl. Corn Borer Invest., Sci. Rpts. 

 1: 115. S, 9. 



Taxonomy: Ellinger and Sachtleben, 1929. Internatl. Corn Borer Invest., Sci. Rpts. 2: 63-64. 

 — Aubert, 1959 (1958). Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 127: 160. — Oehlke, 1963. Beitr. z. Ent. 13: 

 403 (lectotype selection). —Syme, 1971. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control (Trinidad), Tech. 

 Commun. 4: 196 (footnote). 



Biology: Paillot, 1928. Internatl. Corn Borer Invest., Sci. Rpts. 1: 83-91. —Jones, 1929. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 98: 3, 24-27 (as crassifemur). —Thompson and Parker, 1930. Jour. 

 Agr. Res. 40: 321-345 (as crassifeynur). — Goidanich, 1931. R. 1st. Super. Agr., Lab. di 

 Ent., Bol. 4: 106-113. —Baker and Arbuthnot, 1933. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 26: 297-302 (as 

 crassifemur). —Clark, 1934. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 455: 11, 20, 27, 31. —Baker, 

 Bradley, and Clark, 1949. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 983: 6, 8, 133-137, 141. -Adlung, 

 1963. Anz. f. Schaedlingsk. 36: 174. 



