570 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.58. 



164. APANTELES HEMILEUCAE Riley. 



Apanteles congregatus, var. hemileucae Riley, Trans, Acad, Sci. St. Louis, 



vol. 4, pt. 2, 1881, p. 309. 

 Apanteles (Protapantelcs) hemileucae Viekeck, Bull. 22, Conn. State Geol. 



and Nat. Hist. Survey, 1916, pp. 188, 195. 



Habitat. — Missouri; Xew York; Massachusetts; probably gener- 

 ally distributed over the eastern part of the United States, 



Hosts. — Hemileuca maia Drury; Automeris io Fabricius. 



Cocoons. — As in congregatus. 



Besides the types the National Collection contains a series of three 

 specimens reared by E. P. Felt from Hemileuca maia at Karner, 

 Xew York, Riley ^ recorded this species from Aufomens io. Al- 

 though hemileucae had not yet been described at this time, there can 

 be no doubt that this species is meant. 



SPECIES OF APANTELES UNKNOWN TO THE WRITER. 

 APANTELES CARPATUS (Provancher) (not Say). 



Microgaster carpatus Peovanchee, Natural. Canad., vol. 12, 1881, p. 195. 

 Apanteles carpatus Peovanchee, Addit. faun. Canad. Hymenop., 1888, p. 388. 

 Apanteles enslger Say= {Apanteles carpatus Provancher) Dalla Toere, 

 Catalogus Hynienopterorum, vol. 4, 1898, p. 169. 



According to a note by A. B. Gahan, made after an examination 

 of the Provancher collection in the Museum of Public Instruction, 

 at Quebec, the type of this species has been destroyed. 



APANTELES NEPHOPTERICIS (Packard). 



Microgaster nephoptericis Packard, Proc. Essex Instit., vol. 4, 1864, p, 122 ; 

 Amer. Natural., vol, 2, 1868, p. 195. 



Although this species was retained in the genus Microgaster by 

 Dalla Torre, it appears from the description to be an Apanteles. It 

 seems to be very close to Apanteles ornigis Weed. 



SPECIES WRONGLY CLASSIFIED AS APANTELES. 

 The two following species, which were described in the genus 

 Apanteles., and until the present retained in that genus, belong in 

 Microgaster. 



MICROGASTER XANTHASPIS (Ashmead), 



Apanteles xanthaspis Ashmead, Trans. Ent Soc. London, 1900, p. 280. 

 A cotype of this species which is in the United States National 

 Museum has been examined by the writer. 



MICROGASTER RECURVARIAE (Ashmead). 



Apanteles recurvariae Ashmead, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 11, 1903, p. 144. 

 A study of the type of this species which is in the United States 

 National Museum shows it to belong to the genus Microgaster. It 

 is very near Microgaster zonarius and maj'', in fact, be that species. 



1 Fifth Rep. Insects Missouri. 1873. p. 136. 



