634 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Cryptus duciilis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 233. 9. 



Campoplex frumentarius Rondani, 1877. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bui. 9:169. Sex not indicated? 



Nemeritis gracilis Tosquinet, 1896. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 5: 414. 9. 



Omorga Columbia Ashmead, 1899. In Johnson, U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Bui. 20: 67. 



Nomen nudum. 

 Idechthis oahuensis Ashmead, 1901. Fauna Hawaiiensis, v. 1, p. 355. 9. 

 Lathrostizus insularis Ashmead, 1901. Fauna Hawaiiensis, v. 1, p. 355. 9. 

 Idechthis ephestiae Ashmead, 1903. In Fletcher, Ent. Soc. Ontario, Ann. Rpt. 33: 86. 



Nomen nudum. 

 Limneriuni garrulum Cameron, 1905. Albany Mus., Rec. 1: 315. 9. 

 Amorphota ephestia Froggatt, 1912 (Apr.). Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales 23: 209. 6,9. 

 Amorphota ephestiae Cameron, 1912 (Aug.). Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 37 (1): 187. 9. 

 Mesochorus australicus Girault, 1925. Queensland Agr. Jour. 24: 541. 9. 

 Limnerium christianae Cheesman, 1928. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 1: 191. 9. 

 Angitia pyraustae Uchida, 1930. Insecta Matsumurana 4: 129. 9. 

 A7igitia compressa Hedwig, 1962. Naturw.-Mus. Aschaffenburg, Nachr. 68: 94. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cushman and Gahan, 1921. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 23: 161. — Townes, Townes, 

 and Gupta, 1961. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 1: 222 (syn.). —Townes, Momoi, and Townes, 

 1965. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 5: 277 (syn.). — Horstmann, 1973. Beitr. z. Ent. 23: 131 (syn.). 

 — Horstmann, 1973. Deut. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 32: 9, 11. —Townes and Townes, 1973. Amer. 

 Ent. Inst., Mem. 19: 149 (syn.). 



Biology: Candura, 1928. Portici R. Scuola Super, di Agr., Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr., Bol. 21: 

 149-212. —Diamond, 1929. Ent. Soc. Ont., Ann. Rpt. 60: 84-89. —Thorpe, 1938; 1939. Roy. 

 Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. A: Gen. Ent. 13: 58-59; 14: 47. —Narayanan, 1939. Nature 

 [London] 144: 207. —Salt, 1941. Cambridge Phil. Soc, Biol. Rev. 16: 259-260. — Simmonds, 

 1943. Rev. Canad. de Biol. 2: 15-58. —Williams, 1951. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. A: 

 Gen. Ent. 25: 49-58. -Fisher, 1961. Jour. Expt. Biol. 38: 267-275, 605-628. -Fisher, 1962. 

 Ecology 43: 314-316. — Takahashi, 1962. Jap. Jour. Appl. Ent. and Zool. 6: 160. —Salt, 1964. 

 Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 161: 1-14. —Salt, 1965. Roy. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Biol. 

 Sci. 162: 303-318. —Corbet, 1968. Jour. Expt. Biol. 48: 291-304. —Corbet, 1971. Nature 

 [London] 232: 481-484. —Rogers, 1972. Ent. Expt. et Appl. 15: 190-194. — Rotherham, 1973. 

 Roy. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 183: 337-350. —Amos and Salt, 1974. Jour. Ent. 

 (B) 43: 11-18. — Ganesalingam, 1974. Ent. Expt. et Appl. 17: 36-44. —Salt, 1975. Roy. Ent. 

 Soc. London, Trans. 127: 141-161. —Corbet and Rotherham, 1975. Roy. Ent. Soc London, 

 Proc, Ser. A: Gen. Ent. 40: 67-72. -Salt, 1976. Ecological Ent. 1: 63-67. 



erythropus (Ashmead), n. comb. Tex. 



Limneria erythropus Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 431. 6. 



Limnerium erythropum Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 95. Emend. 

 gelechiae (Ashmead), n. comb. N. Y., N. J., Mo., Ark., Kans., s.w. Tex. Host: Fascista 



C€VC€7*iS€llQ, (dlSlTlD.). 



Limneria gelechiae Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 432. 9. 

 nigricoxalis (Cushman), n. comb. N. Y., Mich., and Ind., s. to s. Ga., and Ark. Host: 



Synanthedon exitiosa (Say), S. pictipes (G. and R.), Grapholitha molesta (Bsk.), 



Euzophera ostricolorella Hulst, E. semifuneralis (Wlk.). 

 Idechthis nigricoxalis Cushman, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 48: 512. 6, 9. 

 ni^iscapus (Viereck). Ont., Mich., and III, s. to e. N. C, n.w. S. C, and Ark. Host: Plathypena 



scabra (F.). This species is one of a group that is otherwise Neotropic and which is 



rather distinct from the group of species which includes argentina Schrottky and 



canescens (Gravenhorst). 

 Idechthis nigriscapiis Viereck, 1921. Psyche 28: 77. 9. 



Idechthis mimicus Viereck, 1926. Roy. Soc. Canada, Proc. and Trans. (3) 20 (5): 185. S. 

 sokanakiakorum (Viereck). Eastern Que., R. I., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Ky., Tenn.; Guatemala? 



In the U. S. Natl. Mus. collection there is a single male bearing the data "Guatemala: 



Amatitlan; VIII-6-1965; P. J. Spangler," which appears in every respect to be 



sokanakiakorum. 

 Casinaria (Idechthis) sokanakiakorum Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. 



Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 270. 6. 



