THE TRIBE CHALCIDINI — BURKS 331 



to metafemur, abdominal tergites 4 to 7 with rows of lateral setae; 

 eighth tergite minutely shagreened, sparsely covered by moderately 

 long setae, spiracular openings round; cerci oval, located near pos- 

 terior margin of ninth tergite. 



Type locality. — Indiana. 



Types. — Holotype, female, Bedford, Ind., August 31, 1931, ex 

 Gelechia nundinella; allotype, male, Bedford, Ind., September 9, 1931, 

 ex Gelechia nundinella; paratypes, Bedford, Ind., August 15-Septem- 

 ber 24, 1931, ex Gelechia nundinella^ 7 females, 5 males; Lawrence 

 County, Ind., June 23, 1933, ex Gelechia nundinella^ Musgrave, 3 

 females; Alamogordo, N. Mex., May 9, 1902, 1 female; Atherton, Mo., 

 May 15, 1922, C. F. Adams, 1 female. Holotype, seven female and 

 five male paratypes deposited in the U. S. National Museum; three 

 paratypes in the Illinois State Natural History Survey collection; 

 one paratype. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and one 

 paratype. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. 



Host. — Gelechia nundinella Zeller (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). 



SPILOCHALCIS FLAVOPICTA (Cresson) 



FiGUBEs 7, e; 9, I; 14, ; 



Stniera flavopicta Ceesson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 99, 1865. — 

 Cbesson, The Cresson types of Hymenoptera, p. 75, 1916. 



Smicra flavopicta (Cresson) Walkee, Notes on Chalcidiae, p. 51, 1871. — Cees- 

 son, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 36, 41, 1872. — Howard, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 34, 1885. — Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 

 13, p. 125, 1886. — Ceesson, Synopsis of the families and genera of Hymenop- 

 tera of America north of Mexico, p. 233, 1887. — ^Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, vol. 14, p. 183, 1887. — Datja Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 

 5, p. 337, 1898. — Schmiedeknecht, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 35, 1909. 



Spilochalcis sp. Pierce, Journ. Econ. Ent., vol. 1, p. 382, 1908. — Pierce et al., 

 TJ. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 100, pp. 41, 49, 1912.— Hunter and Pierce, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 114, p. 141, 1912.— Mitchell and Pieece, 

 Proc. Ent. Soc Washington, vol. 13, p. 55, 1912. 



Smicra delira Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 36, 41, 191, 1872. — 

 Ashmead, iUd., vol. 12, p. x, 1885. — Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 

 5, p. 34, 1885. — Cresson, Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenop- 

 tera of America north of Mexico, p. 233, 1887. — ^Dalla Torre, Catalogus 

 hymenopterorum, vol. 5, p. 375, 1898. — Schmiedeknecht, Genera insectorum, 

 fasc. 97, p. 34, 1909. 



Spilochalcis delira (Cresson) Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 7, 

 1885.— ViEBECK, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 32, p. 184, 1906.— Smith, Ann. 

 Rep. New Jersey State Mus. for 1909, p. 649, 1910. — Bottimee, Journ. Agr. 

 Res., vol. 33, p. 803, 1926.— Cushman, Hid., vol. 34, p. 620, 1927. 



Smicra decempunctata Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 9, p. xxix, 1881. — 

 Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 34, 1885.— Cresson, Synopsis 

 of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, 

 p. 233, 1887. — Dalla Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 5, p. 375, 

 1898. — Schmiedeknecht, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 34, 1909. 



