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carolinese (Chittenden, 1911). It is possible that one or more of 

 the aforementioned weevils might serve as host for this species. 



Dalla Torre (1898, p. 339) proposed the name Eurytoma maculi- 

 tarsis for Eurytoma maculipes of Motschulsky when it should have 

 been proposed for Ashmead's species. Since Dalla Torre did not 

 accompany his proposal with a description and Motschulsky's species 

 is still good, Eurytoma maculitarsis of Dalla Torre is a nomen nudum. 



Decatoma (= Eurytoma) maculipes (Ashmead, 1886 and 1887) is 

 preoccupied by E. maculipes of Motschulsky 1863. 



I have hesitated to propose a new name for E. maculipes of Ashmead 

 1887, since I have not seen the type material of E. maculipes of 

 Motschulsky 1863. However, since the species described by Alot- 

 schulsky came from Ceylon and the species of Ashmead came from 

 Florida, the chances of the two being the same are very remote; 

 therefore, the new name is proposed for Ashmead's species. 



8. Eurytoma conica Provancher 



Figure 9; Map 3 



Eurytoma conica Provancher, 1887, pp. 192, 193. — Peck, 1951, p. 576. — Bugbee, 



1956, p. 504. 

 Isosoma ahnorme Ashmead, 1896, p. 219. 

 HarmoUta abnorme Phillips and Emery, 1919, pp. 436, 468. 

 Eurytoma abnorme Hoffmann, 1942, p. 19. 

 Eurytoma abnormis Bugbee, 1956, p. 504. 

 Eurytoma phloeosini Ashmead, 1894, p. 327. — Bugbee, 1956, p. 504. 



Types: Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada: 1 female 

 lectotype (see Bugbee, 1956). 



Type locality: Ottawa, Canada. 



Distribution: Canada: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia. United 

 States: Illinois, California, North Carolina, New York, Connecticut, 

 Kansas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, Oregon, West Virginia, 

 Texas. 



Hosts: Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman in Pinus echinata (speci- 

 mens in U.S. National Museum collection). Pissodes strobi (Peck) 

 (specimens in Dept. Agric. collection, Ottawa, Canada and U.S. 

 National Museum collection). Cylindrocopturus longulus (LeConte) 

 (U.S. National Museum collection). Dendroctonus brevicomis 

 LeConte (Bugbee collection). 



Remarks: Eurytoma conica can be easily confused with E. dor- 

 caschemae. The most consistent difference between the two is the 

 presence in the former species of deep brown to black infuscation on 

 all femora and tibiae in contrast to the all-yellow legs in the latter. 



The hosts of this species are chiefly members of the family Scoly- 

 tidae. For notes on synonymy, see Bugbee (1956). 



