568 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 68. 



Host. — (Jharadra deridens Guenee. 



Described from many specimens of both sexes bred under 13ureau 

 of Entomology No. 2603. 



159. APANTELES FLAVICORNIS Riley, 



Ajmnteles flavicornis Riley, in Scudder, Butterflies U. S., 1889, p. 1905. 



Ilahitat. — Missouri ; Texas. 



Host. — 2' hanaos juvenalisY 2Lhv\cms (Riley); (?) geometrid. 



Cocoons. — White; gregarious, held together in masses but not 

 embedded. 



Besides the types of this species, there are in the National Collec- 

 tion several specimens from Brownsville, Texas, labeled as having 

 been reared from a geometrid larva. 



IGO. APANTELES MAYAGUEZENSIS (Viereck). 



Apanteles (Protapanteles) mayagiiezensis Viereck, Pi-oc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 

 vol. 44, 1913, p. 563. 



Habitat. — Porto Rico. 

 Host. — Unknown. 



Known only from the type series in the United States National 

 Museum. 



161. APANTELES AMERICANUS (Lepeletier). 



Microgaster americanus Lepeletiee, Encycl. ni^tliod. Insect., vol. 10, 1825, 



p. 41. 

 Apanteles americanus Lepeletier, Ashmead, Trans, Ent. Soc. London, 1900, 



p. 277. 

 Apanteles mexicanns Ashmead, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sciences, vol. 5. 1895, 



p. 545. 



Habitat. — West Indies ; Florida ; Texas ; Western Mexico. 



Host. — Unknown, but probably large sphingid larvae. 



Cocoons. — Pure white; gregarious, in enormous masses that are 

 very beautiful. 



There can be no -^oubt that mexicanus is identical with americanus. 



In the National Collection are specimens of this species from Porto 

 Rico reared by August Busck from a sphinx on " papaw " ; also a 

 large series from Paradise Key, Florida, reared by C. A. Mosier 

 from a cluster of cocoons on " cabbage palmetto " ; and several large 

 series taken at Key West, Florida, by J. V. Harris. The writer has 

 seen also specimens of a large series bred from several cocoon masses 

 taken on tomato plants in Texas. 



The location of the types of americanus is not certainly known, but 

 they are probably in a European collection. The type series of the 

 synonym is in the National Collection. 



