NO. 2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELES—MUESEBECK. 565 



sorted. Mostly black; antennal scape testaceous, also the legs, in- 

 cluding at least part of the posterior coxae; tegulae very dark tes- 

 taceous; stigma and veins of forewing pale yellowish-brown; abdo- 

 men above, with the exception of the two basal tergites, which are 

 black, largely testaceous; venter of abdomen practically entirely 

 testaceous. 



Male. — Essentially as in the female, except that the abdominal 

 tergites beyond the second are somewhat black medially. 



7'i/pe locality. — Plainfield, New Jersey. 



jf'ype. — Cat. No. 22551, United States National Museum. 



Host. — Eufliydryas pJiaeton Drury 



Described from seven female and three male specimens bred under 

 Bureau of Entomology No. 5852, July 22, 1893. 



152. APANTELES SMERINTHI Riley. 



Apanteles smerinthi Riley, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 4, pt. 2, ISSl, 

 p. 311. 



HahitaL — Missouri; New^ Hampshire; District of Columbia; New 

 Jersey; Massachusetts; California, Canada. Evidently of very wide 

 distribution. 



Hosts. — S'tnerinthus geminatus Say; {S'?ne7^inthus) Paonias excae- 

 cata Smith and Abbot; Smerinthus ophthalmicus Boisduval. 



Cocoons. — Gregarious, inclosed in a mass of tough silk, white in 

 color. 



This species is represented in the National Collection by the follow- 

 ing material: The type series; a series from Canobie Lake, New 

 Hampshire, reared from EtnerintKus geminatus; a series from Wash- 

 ing-ton, District of Columbia, reared from the same host ; one specimen 

 from Ottawa, reared by Dr. James Fletcher from Paonias excae- 

 cata; and several specimens from Los Angeles, California, reared 

 from Smcnnthus oiihthalmicus. 



153. APANTELES MURTFELDTAE Aahmead. 



Apanteles murtfeUUae Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 4, 1897, p. 1.59. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts; Missouri; Virginia. 



Hosts. — Unidentified Geometridae. 



Cocoons. — White, the surface rather uneven; gregarious, but 

 formed separately and without loose silk. 



Closely resembles congregatus., but differs in having the third ab- 

 dominal tergite more or less granular on the basal two-thirds. 



Besides the types there are in the National Collection 18 specimens 

 reared by B,. A. Cushman from a geometrid on rose at Falls Church, 

 Virginia. 



