488 M. W. R. de V. GRAHAM 



Biology. Unknown. 



The following extra-limital species also belong to Sceptrothelys : — 



Sceptrothelys consocius (Walker) comb. n. 

 Pteromalus consocius Walker, 1874 : 317, £. 



Type material. LECTOTYPE <$, Type Hym. 5. 727, labelled " Amurland. 

 Coll. F. Walker 1913-71 " and (in Walker's handwriting) " Pteromalus consocius ". 



The lectotype male of consocius is very close to that of grandiclava (Walker) 

 but has rather longer funicular segments in the antennae, slightly smaller ocelli, 

 and POL less (only about 1-15 OOL) ; it may, therefore, represent a good species. 



Asia : Amurland. 

 Biology. Unknown. 



Sceptrothelys placens (Walker) comb. n. 

 Pteromalus placens Walker, 1874 : 319,6*- 



Type material. LECTOTYPE <$, Type Hym. 5. 731, labelled " 142 ", " Amur- 

 land. Coll. F. Walker 1913-71 " and (in Walker's handwriting " Pteromalus 

 placens ". 



The lectotype male is very close to that of intermedia sp. n. but has the antennal 

 flagellum longer (combined length of pedicellus and flagellum greater than breadth 

 of head) ; funicular segments longer ; propodeal nucha rather shorter. No doubt it 

 represents a distinct species. 



Asia : Amurland. 

 Biology. Unknown. 



PTEROMALUS Swederus 



Pteromalus Swederus, 1795 : 16 : 201. Type-species : Ichneumon puparum L., 1758, by 

 designation of Westwood, 1839 : 71. 



Coelopisthia Forster, 1856 : 65. Type-species : Pteromalus cephalotes Walker, 1836, by desig- 

 nation of Ashmead, 1904 : 320 [nee Coelopisthia of authors]. 



Pteromalus {Pteromalus) Swederus ; Thomson, 1878 : 153-155 [ex parte ; sect. A]. 



Pteromalus Swederus ; Ashmead, 1904 : 320, 321. 



Pteromalus Swederus ; Schmiedeknecht, 1909 : 328, 330, 335-354 [ex parte']. 



Pteromalus Swederus ; Kurdjumov, 191 3 .9, 17 [ex parte]. 



Heterolaccus Masi, 1937 : 371. Type-species : H. mauritanicus Masi by original designation. 



Pteromalus Swederus ; Nikol'skaya, 1952 : 230. 



Pteromalus Swederus ; Peck et al., 1964 : 58. 



Heterolaccus Masi was placed in synonymy with Pteromalus by Boucek (1961 : 93). 



The great majority of species described in Pteromalus by the earlier authors do 

 not belong to that genus in its restricted sense. Thomson (1878) was the first to 

 redefine it (as a subgenus) in a more natural way, although he included in it two 



