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Natl. Museum collection there is a female specimen, apparently conspecific with the 

 latter, which was identified as "Nepiera basilaris" by Dr. H. K. Townes in 1942. I 

 presume that the distribution given for basilaris by Townes and Townes (1951) pertains 

 to that undescribed species of Meloboris. 

 benevola Gahan. Southern N. Mex., n. Utah., n.e. Oreg. Host: Colias eury theme Bdv. 



Nepiera benevola Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 157. <J, 9. 

 curticauda (Viereck). Southern B. C, w. Wash., w. Oreg., n. Calif. 



Campoplex (Diadegma) curticauda Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (8): 227 (key); 58 

 (11): 280. 9. 

 fuscifemora Graf. Western Wash. s. to s. Calif.; central Mexico. Host: Phthorimaea operculella 

 (Zell.), Argyrotaenia citrana (Fern.), Heliothis zea (Bod.), Peridroma saucia (Hbn.), 

 Spodoptera exigua (Hbn.), Trichgplusia ni (Hbn.), Cynthia cardui (L.). 



NepeiraV.) benevola \a.T. fuscifemora Graf, 1917 (Feb.). U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 427: 46, 47. 

 9. In the first line of the paragraph on p. 46 headed "Nepeira benevola war. fuscifemora 

 Cushm." Graf said: "this parasite (fig. 44)." Figure 44 is on p. 47, and the fact that the 

 name in its legend is "Nepeira benevola" (omitting var. fuscifemora) is of no 

 significance. Walkley (1966) attempted to show that Graf figured benevola rather than 

 fuscifemora because "the figure shows the hind femora with the apices and bases dark," 

 which she asserted "is true of benevola but not of fuscifemora." Walkley failed to 

 observe that Graf figured the inner surfaces of the femora, not the outer ones, and the 

 pattern of coloration shown in Grafs figure is altogether typical for the inner femoral 

 surfaces of fuscifemora, but has not been observed by me in specimens of benevola. 



Nepiera benevola vaiT. fuscifemora Gahan, 1917 (May). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 208. 6, 

 9. Preocc. by Graf, 1917 (Feb.). 



Taxonomy: Walkley, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 156. 

 marginata (Provancher). Que. w. to w. Wash., s. to w. N. C, Mo., s. N. Mex., and s. Calif. Host: 



Actebia fennica (Tausch.), Graphiphora smithi (Snell.), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.), 



Cynthia cardui (L.), Vanessa atalanta (L.), Solenobia sp. 

 Campoplex marginatus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 146. 6, 9. 

 Limneria brevicauda Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym. p. 88. 9 . 

 Limnerium brevicaudum Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 91. Emend. 

 Campoplex (Amelocto7ius) intimus Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 224 (key); 58 



(10): 260. 9. 

 Meloboris brevicauda Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 281. Nomen nudum. 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Rohwer, 1917; 1918. Canad. Ent. 49: 433; 50: 29 (Provancher type 

 specimens). —Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 435, 504 (Provancher type specimens). 



Biology: Guppy, 1961; 1967. Canad. Ent. 93: 569; 99: 96, 100. 

 oblonga (Viereck). Ont., n.w. Mich. Host: Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.). 



Campoplex (Ameloctonus) obloiigus Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 224 (key); 58 

 (10): 260. 9. 

 unica (Viereck). Southeastern Ont. 



Angitia (Dioctes) unicus Viereck, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58 (7): 182. 6. 



Genus PHOBOCAMPE Foerster 



Hypothereutes Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 156. 



Type-species: Hypotherentes(\) geometrae Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1898. 

 Phobocampe Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 156. 



Type-species: Campoplex crassiusculus Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 fror. 

 eight species included by Thomson, 1887. 

 Phobocampa Thomson, 1887. Opusc. Ent. 11: 1120. Emend. 



This is a Neotropic, Holarctic, and Oriental genus of moderate size. It is hoped that completion 

 of the task of preparing the present work will enable me to soon finish a long dormant revision 

 of the Nearctic species. My partially completed manuscript treats 21 Nearctic species (including 



