Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 923 



brunneus Howard. N. Y., N.J. Host: AulacaHpiH rosae (Bouche). 



AphtjCHti bnunieus Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent.. Bui. 5: 17, 31, 36. 9. 

 Aplificns bnineiin Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 251. Unjustified emendation. 

 ceroplastis Howard. Fla.?, N. Mex. Host: Ceroplastes floridensis Comst.? C. irregularis Ckll., 

 C. sp. on Arteinixia. 

 Apln/cus ceroplastis Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bui. 5: 18, 31, 41. 9, 6. 

 cockerelli Howard. N. Me.\. Host: Lecuniiati sp. on osage orange. 



Apln/CHs cockerelli Howard, 1898. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 21: 243. 9. 

 hederaceus (Westwood). Establishment in U. S. questionable. Host: Pulviuaria acericola (W. 

 and R.). 

 Encyrtus hederaceus Westwood, 1837. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. 

 10 (3): 441. 9. 



Taxonomy: Howard, 1900. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Bui. 22: 23. -Compere, 1957. Portici 

 R. Lab. Ent. Agr., Bol. 15: 222. -Graham, 1958. Ent. Tidskr. 79 (3-4): 173. -Graham, 1969. 

 Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 224-225. 

 immaculatus Howard. Calif. Host: Aoiiidielki aurcDitii (Mask.). 



AphticHs iiiniiacniutus Howard, 1894. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 6 (3): 235-236. 6. 



Genus BLASTOTHRIX Mayr 



Blastothrix Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 697. 



Type-species: EnciirUis sericeiis Dalman. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900. 

 AiUKji/ropsis Girault, 1917. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 5 (7-9): 136. 



Type-species: Ainujtints ptirpnreus Girault. Orig. desig. 



The cosmopolitan genus Blastotlnix has been poorly studied and at present consists of ap- 

 proximately thirty-five species. All species appear to be primary, internal parasites of coccids 

 and kermococcids. Undoubtedly, the North American fauna is larger than indicated here. 



Taxonomy: Ruschka, 1923 (1922). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 72 (2): 1-6. —Girault, 

 1924. Homo Perniciosus and New Hymen. (Private Pub.), p. 4. — Alam, 1961. Beitr. zur 

 Ent. 11 (7-8): 807-812. -Sugonyayev, 1965. Ent. Rev. 44 (2): 189-198. —Graham, 1969. 

 Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 241-243. 

 adjutabilis Howard. Va. s. to Fla. Host: LecaiiiioH spp. on Crataegus, Japaneese persimmon 

 and oak. 

 Blastothrix adjutabilis Howard, 1881. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt. for 1880, pp. 365-366. 9. 

 incerta Howard. Fla. Host: LecauiiDii sp.? on mesquite, Lecauiuui sp. 



Blastothrijc incerta Howard, 1881. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt. for 1880, p. 366. i. 

 longipennis Howard. Ont. s. to N. Y., D. C. w. to Minn.; N. Mex. w. to Calif., B. C. Host: 



Kermes pnbescens Bogue, Lecaniiuii corni Bouche, L.fletcheri Ckll., L. prniimsH»i Coq., 

 L. qiiercifex Fitch. 

 Blastothrix longipennis Howard, 1881. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rept. for 1880, p. 366. 9. 



Taxonomy: Girault, 1915. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 8 (3): 274. 



Biology: Glendenning, 1931. Brit. Columbia Ent. Soc, Proc. 28 (1): 30-31. — Lyne, 1934. Calif. 

 Dept. Agr., Monthly Bui. 23: 232. -Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 8 (2): 67-68. 

 -Huffaker, 1971. Biol. Control, pp. 271. 

 sericea (Dalman). Que. s. to Pa., La., B. C. Host: Kermes sp. on ash, Lecaniioii cori/li (L.), L. 

 nigrofasciatnii/ Perg, Bacclia fascipeiinis Wied.? 

 Encijrtiis sericeus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 357. 9. 



Taxonomy: Girault, 1915. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 8 (3): 274. — Silvestri, 1919. Lab. Zool. Gen. e 

 Agr. Portici, Bol. 13: 163-173. — Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 

 249-251. 



Biology: Glendenning, 1933. Canad. Ent. 65 (8): 169-171. —Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. 

 Ent. 8 (2): 68-69. —Huffaker, 1971. Biol. Control, pp. 318-319. 



