Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 679 



rivalis (Cresson), n. comb. N. S. w. to Man. and w. Wash., s. to s. Ala., central Tex., s. Ariz., and 

 s. Calif.; Mexico s. to Costa Rica. Host: Apantesis sp., Diacrisia virginica (F.)., 

 Estigmene acrea (Drury), Euchaetias egle (Drury), Hyphantria cunea (Drury), H. 

 textor (Harris), Leptarctia califomiae (Wlk.). 



Liynneria rivalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 41: 173. "<J" = 9 ? (9 misdet.). I 

 regard Cresson's (1916) statement —type No. 1588, U. S. N. M., "male abdomen gone" 

 as fixing as lectotype that specimen which Cresson regarded as the male of rivalis and 

 which has been labeled as such in what appears to be the hand of R. A. Cushman. There 

 is nothing in Cresson's introductory remarks to indicate that it was his intention only to 

 select lectotypes for species having syntypes in the Academy of Natural Sciences, but 

 Cushman (1925) regarded Cresson's statement about the type of rivalis as "not to be 

 taken as type selection, for he is here merely quoting from Crawford and Rohwer's 

 statement regarding the condition of the Cresson types in the National Museum." 

 Cushman found that both syntypes lacked abdomens, but because the female symbol on 

 Cresson's identification label appears to have been put there by Cresson, Cushman had 

 no doubt about which of the two specimens Cresson had referred to as the male, and 

 there are no grounds for his contention that Cresson did not select a lectotype. 

 Therefore, Cushman's selection of Cresson's female as lectotype is invalid. The female is 

 a specimen of Hyposoter graliavii (Viereck), a species having the ovipositor much longer 

 than typical species of Hyposoter. I am undecided about the sex of the rivalis 

 lectotype, but Cresson's characterization of the abdomen (apparently of both sexes) as 

 "subcompressed at tip" and his color description of the abdomen of the "male" would 

 appear to indicate that the lectotype is a female. 



Limneria pilosula Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 89. S, 9. 

 N. syn. 



Limneria epiiestiae Riley, 1890. hi Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 158. 

 Nomen nudum. 



Limneria ephestriae Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 195. 6,9. The type 

 specimens bear labels with Riley's number 239x; the only notes pertaining to number 

 239x read: "Campoplex sp. ... parasitic on something feeding on wax — perhaps 

 Ephestia zeae." The discrepancies in the dates cited by Ashmead and by Riley and 

 Howard (1890), would appear to indicate that Riley got his notes mixed up. N. syn. 



Amorphota perrivalis Viereck, 1905. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 19: 307. 6, 9. N. syn. 



Campoplex (Hypothereides) clams Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (8): 204 (key); 58 

 (9): 224. 9. N. syn. 



Campoplex (Ameloctonus) cuneae Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 223 (key); 58 

 (10): 257. 9. N. syn. 



Taxonomy: Cresson, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 1: 1-2, 51. —Cushman, 1925. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc 27: 166. 



Biology: Timberlake, 1912. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. 19: 72, 90-91. -Dustan, 

 1921. Ent. Soc Nova Scotia, Proc. 6: 81-88. -Tothill, 1922. Canada Dept. Agr., Bui. (n. s.) 

 3: 59-74. -Baerg, 1928. Ark. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 224: 23, 24. -Swain, 1937. Colo.-Wyo. 

 Acad. Sci., Jour. 3 (2 and 3): 43. —Swain, Green, and Portman, 1938. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 11: 7-9. — Daviault, 1942. La Foret Quebecoise 4: 398. 

 rubiginosus Cushman. Mass., Conn. Host: Dasycliira basiflava (Pack.), D. obliquata (G. and 



R.). The final-instar larva constructs a false cocoon like that oi parorgyiae; the true 



cocoon is spun inside the skin of the host larva. 

 Hyposoter rubiginosus Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 64 (4): 11. i, 9. 

 synchlorae (Ashmead). N. H., Mass., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Md., w. N. C, Mich., III? Host: 



Synchlora sp., S. aerta (F.). 

 Limneria rufa Riley, 1890. In Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 157. 



Nomen nudum. 

 Limneria rufa Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 193. S. Preocc. by Bridgman, 



1882. N. syn. Townes (1945) incorrectly indicated that the syntypes are female and not 



male. Ashmead stated the type locality is Mo., but Riley and Howard (1890) indicated 



that the specimens are from South Pass, 111. Riley's notes indicate that the specimens 



