NO. 2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELE8—MUESEBECK. 559 



which are black, and the extreme apex of the posterior femora, 

 which is dusky; abdomen entirely black above and below. 



Type locality. — Luguillo, Porto Rico. 



Type.— Cat No. 22549, U.S.N.M. 



Host.—{Prenes) Calpodes ares Felder. Described from eight 

 female specimens bred by T. H. Jones. 



138. APANTELES PODUNKORUM (Viereck). 



Apanteles {Stenopleura) podimkonim Viereck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 43, 1912, p. 583. 



Habitat. — Connecticut ; Virginia. 



Host. — Pyrausta futilalis Lederer. 



Cocoons.— Whit^; gregarious, loosely heaped together. 



Very close to pyraustae.^ and sometimes separated with difficulty ; 

 usually, however, the characters given in the foregoing table will 

 suffice to distinguish the species. 



The National Collection possesses, in addition to the type series, 

 a lot of six specimens reared from Pyrausta futilalis at Vienna, 

 Virginia, by E. A. Cushman. 



139. APANTELES PYRAUSTAE (Viereck). 



Apnnteles {Protapantelcs) pyraustae Viereck, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., vol. 

 42, 1012, p. 626. 



Habitat. — Connecticut. 



Host. — Pyrausta futiloMs Lederer (Viereck). 



(7(9C06>??^.— White ; gregarious, but not inclosed in a ball of silk. 

 Known only from the type series in the United States National 

 Museum. 



140. APANTELES PHOBETRI (Rohwer). 



Apanteles (Protapanteles) phobetri Rohwer, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua, vol. 

 49, 1915, p. 228. 



Habitat. — Virginia; Massachusetts; Kentucky; Kansas; Indiana. 



Hosts.— Phobetron pithecium Smith and Abbot (Eohwer) ; Hali- 

 sidota tesselaris Smith and Abbot. 



Cocoons.— V?,\q buff; gregarious, but formed separately on the 

 back of the host caterpillar, and not surrounded by loose silk. 



The National Collection contains, in addition to the type series, 

 three specimens of this species reared at Lexington, Kentucky, from 

 Halisidota tesselaris by H. Garman, and bearing Accession No. 2603 

 of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station; one specimen, 

 v>dthout locality label, said to have been reared from H. tesselaris; 

 a series from Halisidota on sycamore at Wells, Kansas; and a series 

 from Mount Vernon, Indiana, reared from an unknown lepidopterous 

 larva by J. J. Davis. 



