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3. Calliephialtes grapholithae (Cresson) 



Figures 321,f ; 329,d 



Pimpla grapholithae Cresson, 1890, Ent. News, vol. 1, p. 50; c?, 9 • Lectotype: 



c? 1 , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). 

 Pimpla xanlholhorax Ashmead, 1890, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 12, p. 446; 9 . 



Type: 9 , Kirkwood, Mo. (Washington). 

 Biology: Hamilton, 1890, Ent. News, vol. 1, p. 49. — Nickels, Pierce, and Pinkney, 



1950, U. S. Dep. Agr. Tech. Bull. No. 1011, pp. 12-14. 



Front wing of male 4.0 to 6.5 mm. long, of female 5.5 to 8.5 mm- 

 long; ovipositor sheath about 1.2 as long as front wing. 



Black. Head with ferruginous tinges; clypeus brownish fulvous; 

 mandible largely fulvous, blackish apically; palpi, scape and pedicel 

 of male in front, apical margin of scape of female in front, and tegula, 

 white; thorax fulvous, its metapleurum and metasternum black; 

 legs white, with dark brown or black marks as follows: hind coxa 

 basoventrally in front and on most of its hind face, triangular area 

 on middle and hind trochanters behind, broad stripe on femora behind, 

 narrow base and apex of hind femur, base of hind tibia, apex of middle 

 and hind tibiae, apical half of last segment of tarsi, and narrow apex 

 of first four segments of middle and hind tarsi. In the male the dark 

 markings on the legs are fainter and less extensive than in the female. 



Specimens (66 cf, 176$) : From Connecticut (East River and Lyme) ; 

 Delaware (Wilmington); District of Columbia (Twining); Florida 

 (Coconut Grove, Monticello, Royal Palm Park, and St. Augustine); 

 Georgia (Albany, Dewitt in Mitchell Co., Fort Valley, and Thomas- 

 ville) ; Louisiana (Tallulah) ; Maryland (Hyattsville and Takoma Park) ; 

 Massachusetts (Brookline and Humarock); Michigan (Ann Arbor and 

 Midland Co.); Mississippi (Lucedale); New Jersey (Burlington and 

 Moorestown); New York (Brooklyn, Ithaca, Lancaster, Millwood, 

 New Baltimore, Nyack, Otsego Lake, and Poughkeepsie) ; North Caro- 

 lina (Elizabethtown) ; Ohio (Columbus, Eagleville in Ashtabula Co., 

 Hinckley in Medina Co., Nicholsville, and New Richmond) ; Ontario 

 (Alsea, Bothwell, Craig, Chatham, Ottawa, St. Davids, and Toronto) ; 

 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg and North East) ; South Carolina (Clemson, 

 Columbia, Greenville, and McClellanville) ; Texas (Brownsville, 

 Brownwood, Cuero, Dallas, Denton, Lake Charlotte east of Houston, 

 and Webb Co.) ; Virginia (Falls Church and Vienna) ; and West Vir- 

 ginia (French Creek and Kanawha Station in Wood Co.). 



Adults occur from early spring to late fall. Unusually early and 

 late dates of capture are: February 18 at Lake Charlotte, Tex.; 

 February 22 at St. Augustine, Fla.; February 23 at Albany, Ga.; 

 March 5 at Greenville, S. C; October 17 at Ithaca, N. Y.; October 18 

 at New Richmond, Ohio; October 31 at Albany, Ga.; November 11 

 at Nicholsville, Ohio; and November 14 at Hyattsville, Md. 



