866 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



(Grote), Gretchena deludana (Clem.), Heliothis zea (Boddie), Spodoptem frugipenia 



(Smith). 

 Siiiicm igneoides Kirby, 1883. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 17: 71. 

 Siuicra vittata Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. .x. 9. 

 Spiloclmlciii mesillae Cockerell, 1897. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 403. 9. 



Biology: Miller, 1963. Ohio Jour. Sci. 63: 70. 



mariae (Riley). N. Y., s. to Fla., w. to 111., Colo., Calif. Host: Hyalophom cecropia (L.), H. 



prometliea (Drury), Philosamia cynthia (Drury), Rothschildia sp., Telea poiyphemus 

 (Cram.), Tlnjridopteryx ephe)tiemefon)ii>> (Haw.). 

 Chalcis maria Riley, 1870. Amer. Ent. 2: 101. 6,9. 

 Cluilcis mariae Riley, 1872. Mo. State Bd. Agr., Ann. Rpt. 7: 109, 123. Emend. 



Biology: Schaffner and Griswold, 1934. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 188: 26, 152. -Balduf, 

 1937. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 39: 180. 

 phais Burks. S. C, Tex., Ariz. 



Spilochalcis phais Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 307. 9,6. 



Species Group Xanthostigma 



apaiis Burks. Tex. 



Spilochalcis apaiis Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 315. 9. 

 arcana (Cresson). Mass., Del., Ala., N. Dak., Tex., Mont., Colo., Ariz. 



S)>iicra arcana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 44. 6. 



Smicra encausta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 46. "6" = 9. 

 bioculata (Cresson). Va., Fla., 111., Iowa, Kans., Tex., Colo. 



S»iicra bioculata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 43. 6. 



S)iiicra bioculata var.faceta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 43. 6. 

 juxta (Cresson). Md., 111., Kans., Tex.; Mexico, Cent, and S. Amer., West Indies. 



S»iicra juxta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 54. 9. 



Spilochalcis uigropleuralis Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 436. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1948. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 38: 244 (type of nigropleuralis). 

 lecta (Cresson). Tex., CaHf.; Mexico. 



Smicra lecta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 44. 9, 6. 

 melana Burks. Maine, N. Y., Md., Va., Ill, Mo. Host: Pachyscheius laevigatus (Say). 



Spilochalcis melana Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 316. 9, 6. 

 odontotae Howard. N. J., D. C, N. C, Fla., Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Xenochalepus dorsalis 

 (Thunb.). 

 Spilochalcis odontotae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 7, 32. 6. 



Biology: Chittenden, 1902. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Bui. 38: 82. — Krauss, 1952. Hawaii. 

 Ent. Soc, Proc. 15: 124. 

 pallens (Cresson). S. C, Tex. Host: Apayiteles margmiventris (Cress.), Meteorus laphygmae 

 Vier., Rogas laphygmae Vier. 

 Smiera palens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 96. 

 Sinicra pallens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 196. Emend. 



Biology: Vickery, 1929. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 138: 21, 32-35, 50-52, 58. 

 pallipes (Smith). Fla., Minn. Host: Archips semiferanus (Walk.). 



Chalcis Jlavipes Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xi. 6. Preocc by 

 Fabricius, 1793; Panzer, 1801. 



Chalcis pallipes Smith, 1886. Ent. Amer. 2: 19. N. name. 



Chalcis pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 391. Emend. 

 subobsoleta (Cresson). 111., Iowa, N. Dak., S. Dak., Kans., Tex. Mont., Wyo., Colo., Oreg. 



Smicra subobsoleta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 42. 6. 

 tanais Burks. Tex., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Gnorinioschema sp. 



Spilochalcis tanais Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 309. 9,6. 



xantha Burks. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz. 



Spilochalcis xantha Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 320. 9. 



