52 M. W. R. de V. GRAHAM 



Type material. Spalangia hirta Haliday was placed in synonymy with nigra by 

 Boucek (1963 : 443, 445) on the basis of information supplied by the writer, who had 

 examined Haliday's material. As no lectotype of hirta has been formally designated, 

 this may now be done. Haliday's collection contains only one specimen actually 

 labelled as hirta, a female which is indicated as Irish [Haliday's record states 

 " Taken in England "] and which does not fit the description. Immediately below 

 this specimen stands another which agrees well with the description of hirta and is 

 now designated LECTOTYPE ; it bears a white original label " 592 " and a 

 modern one " See R.C.L.P. [R. C. L. Perkins] in litt. to A.W.S. [A. W. Stelfox] 

 5/2/24 ". The number 592 is a serial number such as Haliday used to attach to 

 specimens when sending them to Walker and other correspondents. 



Spalangia rugosicollis Ashmead. Placed in synonymy with nigra Latreille by 

 Boucek (1963 : 443) who examined specimens compared with the type of rugosi- 

 collis by A. B. Gahan. 



Widely distributed in Europe (including Britain) ; North America (Canada, 

 U.S.A.) ; Hawaii. 



Biology. Confirmed hosts include species of Muscidae, Anthomyiidae and 

 Trypetidae (for details see Boucek, 1963: 448). 



Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis 



Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, 1839 : folio 740, <J. 



Spalangia homalaspis Forster, 1850 : 505-507, $. 



Spalangia astuta Forster, 1850 : 1-2, $. 



Spalangia muscidarum Richardson, 1913 : 38-39, o* $. 



? Spalangia abenabooi Girault, 1932 : 1. 



Spalangia sundaica L. F. Graham, 1932 : 22, 24, q* $. 



? Spalangia mors Girault, 1933 : 1. 



Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis ; Boucek, 1963 : 437, 448-453, $ $. 



Type material. For a full discussion of the synonymy, designation of lectotypes, 

 and redescription of the species, see Boucek (1963 : 449-450). 



Europe (widely distributed, including Britain), Central Asia, Africa, 

 Australia, North and South America. 



Biology. Hosts chiefly various species of Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Sarco- 

 phagidae (for a full list see Boucek, 1963 : 452). 



Spalangia slovaka Boucek 



Spalangia slovaka Boucek, 1963 : 437, 453-454, $. 



Type material. Holotype §, Czechoslovakia, S.E. Slovakia, Turna nad Bodvou, 

 12.viii.1948 (Boucek) in Narodni Museum, Prague (Cat. no. 25402). 



Czechoslovakia. 

 Biology. Unknown. 



