Superfamily PROCTOTRUPOIDEA 1173 



horni Ashmead. Fla. (Jacksonville). 



Inostotntia Horni Ashmead, 1887. Canad. Ent. 19: 126. 9, 6. 

 leguminicolae Fouts. N. Y. (Ithaca). Host: Daaineura leguminicola (Lint.). 



InoxtetHwa legiDiiiiiicolae Fouts, 1923. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 25: 64. 9. 

 leonardi (Fouts). N. Y. (McLean Bogs). 



Acerofa leonardi Fouts, 1925. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 27: 147. S. 

 lintneri Ashmead. Ont., N. Y., D. C. 



Inosteiiniia Lintneri Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 257, 259. 9. 

 packardi Ashmead. Fla. (Jacksonville). 



Inosteunna Packardi Ashmead, 1887. Canad. Ent. 19: 127. 9. 

 rileyi Ashmead. Fla. (Jacksonville). 



InOHtemnia Rileyi Ashmead, 1887. Canad. Ent. 19: 127. 9. 



Genus ISOSTASIUS Foerster 



Isostasiiis Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 106, 109. 



Type-species: Platijgaster piinctiger Nees. Monotypic. 

 Monocrita Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 106, 109. 



Type-species: Inoatennna afinas Walker. Monotypic. 

 Trisino!ite)iniia Kieffer, 1914. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 11, p. 357. 



Type-species: Inostenima braesia Walker. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Masner, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), BuL, Ent., Sup. 1, p. 130. 

 fuscipennis Ashmead. D. C. 



laontasiusfnscipennis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., BuL 45: 255. 9. 

 musculus Ashmead. Fla. (Jacksonville). 



hontanius musculus Ashmead, 1887. Canad. Ent. 19: 126. 9. 



Genus TETRABAEUS Kieffer 



Tetrahaeus Kieffer, 1912. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 11, p. 87. 



Type-species: Aplianonierus a)nericanus Brues. Orig. desig. 

 Crabroborus Muesebeck, 1963. Beitr. z. Ent. 13: 391. 



Type-species: Crabroborus kronibeini Muesebeck. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Masner, 1964. Acta Soc. Ent. Cechoslov. 61: 148-149. 

 americanus (Brues). Que., Md., Wis. Host: Ecteninius (Hypocrabro) paucimaculahis (Pack.), 

 Enplilis (Corynopus) rufigaster (Pack.), E. (C.) coarctata modesta (Roh.). 

 Aplianonierus aviericanus Brues, 1908. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 6: 156. 9. 

 Crabroborus kronibeini Muesebeck, 1963. Beitr. z. Ent. 13: 392. 9, 6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1964. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77: 104-108, fig. 11. 



Genus ACEROTELLA Masner 



Acerotella Masner, 1964. Acta Soc. Ent. Cechoslov. 61: 148. 

 Type-species: Acerota evanescens Kieffer. Orig. desig. 



No North American species of Acerotella have been described, but the U. S. National Museum 

 of Natural History has isolated specimens of the genus from Maine, New York, Maryland, and 

 Michigan. 



Genus ALLOTROPA Foerster 



Allotropa Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 106, 109. 



Type-species: luosteiniiia niecrida Walker. Monotypic. 



The species of Allotropa are parasites of mealybugs. Some seem to be important in the control 

 of certain pest species. 



ashmeadi Muesebeck. Conn., Md., Va., La. Host: Pseudococcus covistocki (Kuw.), Ferrisia 

 I'irgata (Ckll.), Plienacoccus sp., Pitto cnpressi (Coleman). 

 Iphitraclielus americanus Ashmead, 1891 (1890). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 58. Nom. nud. 



