532 M. W. R. de V. GRAHAM 



Habrocytus dispar (Curtis) comb. n. 

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Colas dispar Curtis, 1827 : folio 166, $ $. 

 Diplolepis Braconidis Bouche, 1834 : 171,0*$, syn. n. 

 Pteromalus basalis Walker, 1835a : 185, $, syn. n. 

 Pteromalus mesochlorus Walker, 1835a : 201, $, syn. n. 

 Pteromalus Cabarnos Walker, 1839 : 211,0*, syn. n. 

 Pteromalus cubarmes Walker ; Blanchard, 1840 : 271 [lapsus]. 

 Pteromalus Saravus Walker, 1845 : 262, " S" [recte $], syn. n. 

 Pteromalus J aravus Walker, 1846c : 157-158, $, syn. n. 

 ? Pteromalus J ouanensis Ratzeburg, 1848 : 199,0* $• 

 Habrocytus radialis Thomson, 1878 : 119, 6* ?. syn. n. 

 Habrocytus braconidis (Bouche) Kurdjumov, 1913 : 18. 

 Habrocytus tenuicomis (Forster) Kurdjumov, 1913 : 21. 



Type material. Colas dispar Curtis. Syntypes in Curtis coll., National Museum 

 of Victoria, Melbourne ; also 1 $ and 1 $ in coll. Westwood, Oxford (recorded in 

 Westwood's entomological diary as having been received from Curtis in exchange 

 for other material). No lectotype selected at present. The material of dispar 

 used in the preparation of my key to species was compared both with the syntypes 

 in the collection of Curtis and that of Westwood. 



Diplolepis braconidis Bouche. Types presumed lost ; they are not mentioned in 

 Sachtleben's report on the remains of Bouche's collection in Deutsche Entomolo- 

 gische Institut (1944 : 65-76). The description suggests that the species was the 

 same as dispar (Curtis). 



Pteromalus basalis Walker. One female, LECTOTYPE, bearing a Waterhouse 

 label. 



Pteromalus mesochlorus Walker. Syntypes, 4 specimens. LECTOTYPE, the 

 second, bearing a Waterhouse label. 



Pteromalus cabarnos Walker. Syntypes, 4 $. LECTOTYPE, the fourth, a 

 complete specimen bearing a Waterhouse label. 



Pteromalus saravus Walker. One female, LECTOTYPE ; Waterhouse label 

 " Saravus ". It seems clear that Walker's statement " <$ " in his 1845 paper was 

 an error ; also that the name " j aravus " in his paper of 1846c was a lapus or 

 misprint for saravus (another obvious error in the same paper is " Scladerma " for 

 Seladerma). I conclude that both descriptions refer to the same specimen or 

 specimens, which were female. 



Pteromalus jouanensis Ratzeburg. Syntypes presumed destroyed. Kurdjumov 

 (1913 : 21) who saw the types, synonymized it [as " jouaensis "] with tenuicomis 

 Forster. The original description suggests rather that it may have been the same 

 as dispar. 



Habrocytus radialis Thomson. Syntypes on 16 pins. LECTOTYPE, a female 

 labelled " Hbg " [Halsingborg] . 



Widely distributed in Europe ; ? Pakistan. 



Biology. I have examined specimens of dispar which were reared in southern 



