NO. 2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELES—MUE8EBECK. 663 



147. APANTELES ACRONYCTAE Riley. 



Apanteles acronyctae Riley, 2d. Rep. Insects Missouri, 1870, p. 120; Trans. 



Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 4, pt. 2, ISSl, p. 312.— Viereck, Bull. 22, Conn. 



State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, 1916, p. 195. 

 Apanteles orgyiae Ashmead, Bull. Ohio Exper. Sta., vol. 1, 1893, p. 157. 



flaUtat.—lWmois, Missouri, Iowa, Connecticut, New Hampshire, 

 ( lolorado, California, Ohio, New Jersey. 



Hosts.— AcTonycta fojpuli Riley (Riley) ; A. ohUnita Smith and 

 Abbot (Viereck) ; Merolonche lupini Grote; Acronycta (?) leporina 

 Linnaeus ; ( ? ) Hemerocamfa leucostigma Smith and Abbot. 



Cocoons. — Gregarious, entirely inclosed in a mass of white loose 

 silk. 



A careful study of the types of acronyctae and orgyiae proves 

 them to be identical. 



Besides the type specimens of this species and those of its synonym, 

 the National Collection contains several series of this species. One 

 lot of specimens from Placer County, California, bears Bureau of 

 Entomology No. 49° and is said to have been reared from Mero- 

 lonche lupini. A series from Canobie Lake, New Hampshire is 

 labeled as having been reared from Acronycta (?) vulpina. An- 

 other series bearing Bureau of Entomology No. 4345, was reared 

 from a bombycid on willow, at West Cliffe, Colorado. 



148. APANTELES FLAVIVENTRIS (Cresson). 



Microgaster flaviventris Oresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 4, 1865, p. G6. 

 Apanteles flaviventris Cresson, Ashmead, Trans, Ent. Soc. London, 19(X), 

 p. 277. 



Habitat. — West Indies ; Texas, 



Host. — Tetralopha subcanalis Walker. 



Types in the Academy of Sciences at Philadelphia and not seen 

 by the w^riter. However, the National Collection contains a series 

 of what is without doubt this species, reared at Cuero, Texas, from 

 Tetralopha subcanalis by M. M. High. 



149. APANTELES HYPHANTRIAE Riley. 



Apanteles hyphantriae Riley, Rep. Eiitom. V. S. Dep. Agric, 1886, p. 513.— 

 Packard, 5tli Rep. U. S. Entom. Commiss., 1890, p. 254.— Hov^^ard, Bull. 

 No. 5, U. S. Dept, Agric. Bur. Ent., tech. ser., 1897, p. 25. 



Habitat.— British Columbia; Vii^gni.a; Maryland; Texas; Mis- 

 souri; South Carolina; New Mexico; Connecticut; Massachusetts. 

 Evidently this species is very wddelv distributed over the United 

 States and Canada. 



