518 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.58. 



42. APANTELES CANARSIAE Ashmcad. 



Apanteles canarsiae Ashmeau, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 4, 1897, p. 127. 

 Apanteles {Apanteles) housatannuchoruni Viereck, Bull. 22, Conn. State 



Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, 1916, pp. 189, 198. 

 Apanteles {Apanteles) maquinnai Viereck, Bull. 22, Conn. State Geol. and 



Nat, Hist. Survey, 1916, pp. 190, 199. 



Hcibitat. — Illinois; Virginia; District of Columbia; Connecticut; 

 Iowa. 



Hosts. — Psorosina hammondi Kiley (Ashmead) ; Desmia funeralis 

 Hiibner. 



Cocoons. — White ; solitary. 



The type material of canarsiae has been carefully compared with 

 that of the two species listed in the synonymy ; and the writer is of 

 the opinion that the three names have been applied to the same 

 species. 



In addition to the type series of canarsiae there are in the National 

 collection the following representatives of this species : Three speci- 

 mens reared by J. F. Strauss from Desmia fu7ieralis, at Washington, 

 District of Columbia, under Quaintance No. 5534; two specimens 

 reared by R. L. Webster from Psorosina hammondi, at Des Moines, 

 Iowa ; one specimen bred from white cocoons on Desmia, at Herndon, 

 Virginia. 



43. APANTELES FUMIFERANAE Viereck. 



Apantales fumiferanae Viekeck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 139. 



Habitat. — Canada; Oregon; Massachusetts; Maine. 



Host. — Harmologa fumiferana Clemens (Viereck). 



Cocoons. — White ; solitary. 



Besides the type series the National Collection contains one speci- 

 men of this species bearing the following data : Ashland, Oregon, 

 C. Heinrich, collector, Hopk., U. S. No. 12522% from Tortricid on 

 Pinus lamhertiana; and one specimen from Boston, Massachusetts, 

 A. D. Hopkins, collector, Hopk. U. S. No. 9498«\ Through the 

 kindness of Dr. Edith M. Patch the writer has also seen one speci- 

 men from the collection of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, which was reared from the spruce bud moth at Orono, Maine, 

 June 28, 1912. 



44. APANTELES TRACHYNOTUS Viereck. 



Apanteles (Apanteles) trachynotus Viereck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42 

 1912, p. 616. 



Habitat. — New Jersey; Delaware; Connecticut; New York; Nova 

 Scotia. 



Host. — Pegomyla vicina has been given as the host of this species, 

 on the authority of J. B. Smith, but this record is probably incorrect; 

 no other species of the genus, so far as known, has been reared from 



