936 , ICHNEUMONIDAE 



T. melanocephala (Brulle). New Russia, Aug, Bdy (Mues-CU) ; Cranberry L., 

 Aug, Htly (Cush-NYS Col. For.) ; Manlius, Jl-Sep, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; 

 Rock City, Je (Mues-CU) ; Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., May-Je, SmHH 

 (Cress-CU) ; Ithaca, May-Jl (Mues, Cush-CU) ; McLean, Aug 20, Sep 4, Sih 

 (Bdy-CU) ; Nyack (?Brues-AM); Ft. Montgomery, Sep (Cush-Schott) ; 

 LI: Flatbusli (?Brues-AM). Recorded as reared from the gipsy moth, Por- 

 thetria dispar L., the silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus titynis Fab., the 

 spotted tussock caterpillar, Halisidota maculata Harr., and the hickory tussock 

 caterpillar, H. caryae Harris. 



Tribe EPHIALTINI i52 

 {Pimplini auctt.) 

 (The species of this tribe are primary parasites within the pupae of Lepidoptera.) 



Ephialtes Schrank 



(Pimpla auctt., in part) 



(Subgenus EPHIALTES Schrank) 



E. aequalis (Prov.). Newport, Je, Yg (NYS) ; Cranberry L., Je, Aug, Htly 

 (Cush-NYS Col. For.) ; Labrador L., May (Cush-CU) ; Manlius, Jl-Sep, 

 SmHH (Cress-CU) ; N. Fair Haven, Sep (Baird-CU) ; Oswego, Aug 

 (Cush-US) ; Rochester Jet, Je, Leon (Baird-CU) ; Rock City, Je (Cush-US) ; 

 Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., May, Je, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; Ithaca, Sep 

 (Cush, Bdy, Baird-US, CU) ; Taughannock, May (Baird & Bdy-CU) ; Ring- 

 wood, Jl (Cush-US) ; Caroline, Je (Baird-CU) ; McLean Bogs, May, Sep 3 

 (Cush, Bdy-US, CU) ; Spring Lake, Jl, Bdy (Cush-US) ; Middletown, Jl, 

 Spooner (Cush-US) ; Trenton Falls, Je (Cush-NYS) ; Albany, Je, Yg 

 (NYS) ; Poughkeepsie, Je (Cush-NYS) ; SI, Bird (Ashm-Ds). A common 

 parasite of the codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella L.), and recorded from a 

 great variety of other hosts among both macrolepidoptera and microlepidoptera. 



E. aquilonia (Cress.). Ithaca, Jl (Cush-CU); Albany, Jl (Cush-US). 



E. pedalis (Cress.). New Russia, Aug, Bdy (Baird-CU) ; Potsdam, Jl (Baird- 

 CU) ; Manlius, Sep, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; Oswego, Sep (Cush-US) ; Utica, 

 Pergande (Cush-US) ; Honeoye Falls (Cush-CU) ; Otto, Jl, Comstock 

 (Baird-CU) ; Ithaca, Ap-Sep (Cush, Bdy-US, CU) ; McLean Bogs, Spring 

 Lake, Taughannock, Je-Aug (Baird, Bdy-CU) ; Glens Falls, Albany (NYS) ; 

 New Baltimore, Zab (?Brues-AM); SI (Ashm-Ds); LI: Flatbush, Zab 

 (?Brues-AM); Fishers I. (?Brues-AM); Melville, May (Cush-Schott); 

 Riverhead, Sep (Baird-CU). A common parasite of the tent caterpillars 

 (Malacosoma spp.), the gipsy moth (Porthetria dispar L.), the brown-tailed 

 moth {Euproctis chrysorrhoea L.), and many other Lepidoptera. 



E. tenuicornis (Cress.). Newport, 1200 ft., May-Je (Cush-NYS) ; Cranberry L., 

 Je, Aug, Htly (Cush-NYS Col. For.) ; Potsdam, Jl (Baird-CU) ; Axton, Je, 

 M&H (Ashm-CU) ; Utica, Pergande (Cush-US); Oswego, Jl (Cush-US); 

 N. Fair Haven, Sep (Baird-CU); Stony L, Jl (Cush-US); Olean, Sep 

 (Baird-CU) ; Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., Jl, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; Mud 

 Cr., Je, MacG&Bdy (Bdy-CU) ; McLean Bogs, May-Sep 16 (Baird, Bdy, 

 Maidl-CU) ; Seneca Jet., Je (Baird-CU) ; Spring Lake, Jl (Baird-CU) ; 



"=^ The North American ichneumon-flies of the tribe Ephialtini. By Robert A. Cushman. Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus.. 1920. 58:327-362. 



