Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 793 



salicis (Nees). N. Y.; Europe. Ecology: Reared from galls on Salix. Host: Rhabdophaga 

 salicis Schr. Species identified by Ashmead, reared in N. Y. from galls on Salix, the 

 plants possibly of European origin. 



Ptero7nalus salicis Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Aff. Monog., v. 2, pp. 105, 424. 9,6. 



Seladernia Capreae Walker, 1848. List Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., v. 2, p. 112. Preocc. by 

 Linnaeus, 1761. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 303 (syn., types). 



Biology: Felt, 1902. N. Y. State Mus., Bui. 53: 744. 



Tribe PIRENINI 



Ta.\onomy: Ferriere, 1934. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 16: 83-92 (key to genera). —Graham, 

 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 329-330 (revised key to European genera). 



Genus PIRENE Haliday 



Macroglenes Westwood, 1832. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. (3) 1: 

 127. 



Type-species: Macroglenes ocjilatus Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Pirene Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 336. 



Type-species: Pirene varicomis Haliday. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Corynocere Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Aff. Monog., v. 2, p. 123. 



Type-species: Corynocere deplanata Nees. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923. 

 Phocion Girault, 1925. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 13: 91. 



Type-species: Plwcion ipswichi Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Pirenisca Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. de Zool. et de Bot. Africaines 34: 369. N. name, 

 unnecessarily proposed for Pirene. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 334-335 (syn.; 

 Macroglenes has priority, but Pirene more often used; application being made to Internat. 

 Comn. for retention of Pirene). 

 maryiandica Girault. Md. Type fragmentary; placement of this sp. in Pirene may be 

 erroneous. 

 Pirene maryiandica Girault, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 116. ?. 

 penetrans (Kirby). N. J., Ont., Mich., Oreg.; Europe. Host: Contarinia tritici (Kirby), 

 Sitodiplosis mosellana (Gehin). 

 Ichneumon penetrans Kirby, 1800. Linn. Soc. London, Trans. 5: 109. 9, i. 

 Macroglenes oculatus Westwood, 1832. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. 



Sci. (3) 1: 127. i. 

 Macroglenes brevicomis Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 189. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 341 (syn.). 



Biology: Johansson, 1936. Stat. Vaxtskyd., Med. 15: 4-6, 13-18. 



Genus SPATHOPUS Ashmead 



Spathopus Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 272. 



Type-species: Spathopjis anomalipes Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Boucek, 1964. Ceskoslov. Spolec. Ent., Casopis 61: 255-257 (redescription). 

 anomalipes Ashmead. Fla. 



Spathopus anomalipes Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 272. "9" = S. 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Peck, 1946. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 316 (type). 



Genus HERBERTIA Howard 



Herbertia Howard, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 98. 

 Type-species: Herbertia lucens Howard. Monotypic. 



Revision: Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 249-255. 



