ICHNEUMON-FLIES — GELINAE : MESOSTENINI 239 



Ontario (Georgetown, Grimsby, Hastings Co., Jockvale, Jordan, 

 Lake of Bays, Leamington, Limerick Forest near Oxford Station, 

 Marmora, Mer Bleue, Merivale, Orillia, Ottawa, Pelee Island, Point 

 Pelee, Prince Edward Co., Spider Bay on Georgian Bay, Strathroy, 

 Trenton, and Waubamick); Oregon (Humbug State Park in Curry 

 Co.); Pennsylvania (Bowmansdale, Craigheads, Cresco, Harrisburg, 

 Highspire, "Inglewood," Natrona, New Cumberland, Pittsburgh, 

 Spring Brook, Uniontown, and Wilawana); Prince Edward Island 

 (Dalvay House in Canadian National Park); Quebec (Brome, Cas- 

 capedia. Chandler, Danford Lake, Hemmingford, Hull, Joliette, 

 Kazabazua, Lanoraie, Montreal, Norway Bay, Queen's Park in A3lmer, 

 Rigaud, "Summerlea," Sweetsbm-g, and Val-Morin); Rhode Island 

 (Westerly); Saskatchewan (Estevan, Regina, Secretan, Uren, and 

 Weyburn) ; South Carolina (Greenville) ; South Dakota (Agar, Brook- 

 ings, Lake Campbell, and Vermillion); Tennessee (Allardt); Texas 

 (Gillespie [Co.], Hopldns Co., and Hunt Co.); Utah (Logan, Navajo 

 Lake in Kane Co. at 9,000 ft., and 10 miles north of OrderviUe at 

 5,500 ft.); Vermont (Bennington); Washington (opposite Ellensburg 

 on the Yakima River, Unionto^vn, Wenas Valley, and Westport); 

 and Wisconsin (Door Co., East Troy, La Crosse Co., Madison, Milwau- 

 kee, Muskego, and Racine). 



Collection dates are from late spring to late summer, most of them 

 from late May to late July. The only records before May or after 

 August are: April 3 at Oliver, B.C.; April 9 at Riverside, Calif.; 

 April 16 at Sausalito, Calif.; April 27 at Raleigh, N.C.; September 4 

 and 8 Lafayette, Ind.; September 4 at Triu-o, Mass.; September 6 at 

 East Lansing, Mich.; September 7 at Greenville, S.C.; September 11 

 at GazeUe, Calif.; and October 3 in Montgomery Co., Ohio. 



The usual habitat is shaded grassy places. Adults commonly go 

 to flowers. iVmong the specimens at hand, three lots are labeled as 

 having been taken on flowers, two on Daucus carota and one on Sam- 

 bucus canadensis. 



This species is transcontinental in the Transition and Upper Austral 

 zones. 



29. Trachysphyrus minimus (Pralt) 



Cryptus minimus Pratt, 1945, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 619; 9. Type: 

 9, Oakley, Idaho (Wasliington) . 



Front wing 4.6 to 7.0 mm. long; lower half of frons with small 

 punctures, mat, and with indistinct or rather weak transverse WTink- 

 hng; temple moderately long, strongly and evenly convex; clypeus of 

 moderate size, rather strongly convex; flagellum short, with about 27 

 segments; punctures on mesoscutum rather sparse, those on the 

 lateral lobe separated by about 1.0 their diameter; mesoplem-um 

 rather strongly, reticulately wrinkled medially, more or less punctate 



