Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1251 



viduus Perkins. Ariz. (Nogales). 



Aphelopus viduHs Perkins, 1907. Hawaii. Sugar Planters' Assoc. Expt. Sta., Div. Ent., Bui. 

 4: 54. S. 



Unplaced Taxa of Dryinidae 



Dryinus bifasciatus Say, 1828. Contrib. Maclur. Lye. Phila. 1: 81. 9. Ind. Possibly 

 Deinodryinus Perkins. 



Family EMBOLEMIDAE 



Genus AMPULICOMORPHA Ashmead 



Ampulicoynorpha Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 79. 



Type-species: Ampulicomorpha confusa Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 confusa Ashmead. Ont., Md., Va., N. C, Ga., Wis., Mo., Colo., Sask., B. C, Calif. Host: Nymphs 

 of E piptera floridae (Wlkr.) on rotten pine and oak logs, and E. pallida (Say) feeding on 

 fungi under bark. 

 Ampulicomorpha confusa Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 80. "<J" = 9. 



Biology: Bridwell, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 23-26. 



Genus EMBOLEMUS Westwood 



Embolemus Westwood, 1833. London and Edinb. Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. 2: 444. 



Type-species: Embolemus ruddii Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Myrmecomorphus Westwood, 1833. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 496. 



Type-species: M yrtnecomorphus rufescens Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Embolimus Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. ZooL, Ind. Univ., p. 137. Emend. 

 Formila de Romand, 1846. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. (2) 4: Bui., p. XXXIL 



Type-species: Formila chevrolatii de Romand. Monotypic. 

 Pedinomma Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 94. Unnecessarily proposed as a n. name 

 for Myrmecomorphus Westwood. 



Taxonomy: Richards, 1939. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 89: 294. 



Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 91: 412, figs. 51-52 (female, male 

 thorax). 

 nearcticus (Brues). Mass., N. Y., Va.? 



Pedinomma nearcticum Brues, 1922. Psyche 29: 7. "d" = 9. 



