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N. W. T., Aug. 16, 1949, R. R. Hall. d\ 9, Berwick, N. S., July 20 

 and 25, 1927, F. C. Gilliatt. <?, King's County, N. S., Aug. 27, 1932. 

 9, St. Peters, N. S., Aug. 29, 1930, Prebble. cf , Starr's Point, N. S., 

 July 22, 1950, D. D. Sutton. 9, Tory Creek at Guysboro, N. S., 

 Aug. 3, 1936, T. N. Freeman, d" , 9, White Point Beach, Queens Co., 

 N. S. Aug. 3 and 17, 1935, J. McDunnough. 9, Barry's Bay, Ont., 

 Sept. 1, 1942, G. S. Walley. <?, 69, Blackburn, Ont., Sept. 16, 1946, 

 G. S. Walley. 9d\ 9, Black Sturgeon Lake, Nipigon Provincial Park, 

 Ont., July 17 to 27, 1944, N. R. Brown. 9, Constance Bay, Ont., 

 Sept. 19, 1936, O. Peck. d\ Mer Bleue, near Ottawa, Ont., May 10, 

 1933, G. S. Walley. c?, 9, Moose Factory, Ont., June 10 and 11 , 1949, 

 D. F. Hardwick and D. P. Gray. 9, Ottawa, Ont., May 29, 1925, 

 C. H. Curran. 9, Temagami, Ont., July 19, 1947, G. S. Walley. 

 2d\ Cannon Beach, Oregon, Aug. 9, 1940, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). 9, Dalvay House in Canadian National Park, P. E. I., 

 Aug. 8, 1940, G. S. Walley. 9, Queen's Park, Aylmer, Que., Sept. 8, 

 1926, C. B. Hutchings. 9, Cascapedia, Que., Aug. 5, 1954, W. J. 

 Brown. 39, Forestville, Que., August 8 and 11, 1950, J. R. McGillis 

 and R. de Ruette. 9, Gatineau Park, Que., Sept. 2, 1956, W. R. M. 

 Mason. 39, Great Whale River, Que., June 29, and July 7 and 18, 

 1949, J. R. Vockeroth. 9, Kazubazua, Que., July 18, 1935, F. A. 

 Urquhart. d\ New Richmond on Gaspe Peninsula, Que., Aug. 6, 

 1954, J. E. H. Martin. 9, Colville, Wash., July 25, 1882 (Cam- 

 bridge). d\ Canyon Creek, Y. T., Aug. 4, 1948, Mason and Hughes. 



Host: The only host data for the species is afforded by a male 

 and a female reared from Choristoneura conflictana (Walker) at Fort 

 Vermillion, Alta., July 14 and 25, 1955, and a series of 9 males and 

 1 female reared by N. R. Brown, from Glypta fumiferanae (Viereck) 

 which was a primary parasite of Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), 

 at Black Sturgeon Lake, Ont., July 17 to 27, 1944. 



This species has a transcontinental distribution in the Canadian 

 and Hudsonian zones. 



10. Scambus (Scambus) tenebrosue Walley, new specie6 



Figure 312,b 



Male: Front wing 3.0 to 3.25 mm. long; antenna with 19 to 20 

 segments; mandible coriaceous except at apex; temple rather weakly 

 rounded and not distinctly receding for some distance behind eye; 

 occipital carina uniting with hypostomal carina at a distance from 

 base of mandible equal to 0.5 times breadth of base of mandible; 

 thorax moderately stout; propodeum rather short with dorsomedial 

 carinae short and very weak or indistinct; legs stout; front femur 

 simple; front tibia almost straight; abdomen moderately slender; 



