Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 683 



pomonella (L.), Proteoteras willingana (Kft.), Acrobasis caryivorella Rag., A.juglandis 



(LeB.), Vanessa atalanta (L.). 

 Pristomems mellaethorax Riley, 1890. In Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 



3: 156. Nomen nudum. 

 Pristoynerus euryptychiae Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 192. 9. The type 



locality is Kirkwood, Mo.; Ashmead erroneously stated that it is D. C. 

 Pristomerus (Pristomerus) ocellatus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 277. 6,9. 



Biology: Pepper and Driggers, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27: 596. — Haden, 1935. Del. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta., Bui. 194: 12-41. —Rice, 1937. Jour. Econ. Ent. 30: 112. —Allen, HoUoway, and 

 Haeussler, 1940. U. S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 561: 12, 58. 

 laticeps Cushman. Conn., N. Y., N. J., Ont., Va. 



Pristomerus (Pristoynerus) laticeps Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 277. 9. 

 Pristomerus (Pristomerus) idei Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57: 74. 9. 

 minutus Cushman. Calif. Host: C oleotechnites milleri (Bsk.). 



Pristomerus (Pristoynerus) yniyiutus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 279. 9. 

 olamonus Viereck. Mass. s. to D. C, w. to S. Dak. and Kans. Ecology: Occurs on flowers of 



Solidago in late summer and fall. 

 Pristoynerus acimlatus Ashmead, 1900 (1899). In Smith, N. J. State Bd. Agr., Ann. Rpt. 



27, Sup., p. 584. Nomen nudum. 

 Pristoynerus olamoyius Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 



22:274. 9. 

 Pristomerus (Pristoynerus) fuscipeymis Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 275. 6, 



9. 

 spinator (Fabricius). Mass. s. to Fla., w. to Alta. and Calif.; Mexico, Virgin Islands, Honduras, 



Guyana?, Brazil; Hawaii. Host: Acrobasis caryivorella Rag., A. vacciyiii Riley, Canarsia 



sp., Elasmopalpus ligyiosellus (Zell.), Loxostege sticticalis (L.), Heliothis viresceyis (F.), 



H. zea (Bod.), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. S.), S. praefica (Grt.), Trichoplusia yii (Hbn.), 



Phthorimaea operculella (Zell), Colias eurytheyne Bdv. 

 Ophion spma<or Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 138. 9. Temporarily preocc. in 



Ichneumon by Fabricius, 1798. 

 Ichneumon feyn orator Thunherg, 1822; 1824. Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Petersburg, Mem. 8: 



261; 9: 311. N. name for 0. spinator Fabricius. Preocc. by Kirby, 1802. 

 Pristomerus pacificus Cresson, 1879 (1878). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 370. 9. 

 Pristomerus appalachiayius Viereck, 1905. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 19: 299. 6, 9. 

 Pristomerus coloradeyisis Brues, 1911. Psyche 18: 23. 9. N. syn. 

 Pristomerus (Neopristoyyierus) melleus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 279. 3, 



9. N. syn. 

 Pristomerus Bollowi Enderlein, 1921. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 82: 9. cJ. N. syn. 

 Neopristoynerus woodworthi Viereck, 1921. Ent. News 32: 172. i, 9. N. syn. 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1966. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 8: 158 (Syn.). 



Biology: Luginbill, 1928. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 34: 65. -Vickery, 1929. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Tech. Bui. 138: 39. — Leuck, 1966. Jour. Econ. Ent. 59: 800. 



Genus DIMOPHORA Foerster 



Diynophora Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 155. 



Type-species: Diynophora robusta Brischke. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from three 

 species included by Brischke, 1880. 

 Diynophorus Thomson, 1890. Opusc. Ent. 14: 1356. Emend. 

 Oligotyneyna Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 280. 



Type-species: Oligotmeyna prima Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 prima (Cushman). Ont., Colo., Idaho, Utah, Ariz. The type locality is Fort Collins, Colo. 

 Oligotmeyna priyna Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 281. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60 (21): 22. 



