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Figures 32, 33. — Localities: 32 (left), Calliephialtes grapholithae; 33 (right), 



C. ferrugineus. 



Rearing records are as follows: 1 from Acrobasis hebescella, 4 from 

 A. juglandis, 1 from A. rubrijasciella, 1 from Carmenta texanal, 1 from 

 Conotrachelus nenuphar, 4 from Grapholitha molesta, 17 from Laspey- 

 resia caryana, 1 from Meskea dyspteraria, 1 from Phylloxera gall, 1 

 from Stagrnatophora ceanothiella, 2 from Thyridopteryx ephemeraejormis , 

 1 from bagworm, 1 from moth attacking Fagus nuts, 2 from Ambrosia 

 stems, 2 from Baptisia, 4 from shucks of Carya nuts, and 1 from Salix. 

 Though commonly reared, the species is not frequently collected. In 

 our experience it frequents overgrown fields and the edges of woods 

 but is not in dense woods. 



This species is in the eastern and Gulf States and in Ontario. It 

 is adult throughout the growing season. A large variety of cater- 

 pillars in galls, nuts, burrows, and cases serve as hosts. 



4. Calliephialtes ferrugineus Cushman 



Figure 321,g 



Calliephialtes ferrugineus Cushman, 1940, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 88, p. 362; 

 9. Type: 9 , Boqueron, Puerto Rico (Washington). 



Front wing of male about 6.7 mm. long, of female 6.0 to 8.8 mm. 

 long; ovipositor sheath about 1.4 as long as front wing. 



Ferruginous. Palpi, front of scape of male, apical margin of scape 

 in front of female, tinge on front of pedicel of male, tegula, and legs, 

 ivory white, the legs with dark brown markings as described for C. 

 grapholithae except that sometimes there is also a dark brown mark 

 on hind side of first trochanter of front leg; antenna blackish brown 

 except as described otherwise; male abdomen with black apical bands 

 on second to fifth tergites and beyond fourth tergite increasingly dark- 

 ened toward the tip; female abdomen with blackish apical band on 



