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88 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 270
Platygaster exigxme Fouts
P latygaster exiguae Fouts, 1926. p. 175.
Holotype female, USNM no. 28778; Oxford, Colo., June 13, 1921, from
a gall of "Rhabdophaga coloradensis Felt" on Salix exigua; well
preserved. One female paratype.
Platygaster feltii Fouts
Platygaster feltii Fouts, 1920, p. 70.
Holotype female, USNM no. 22800; Austin, Tex., Mar. 19, 1919, from
Walshomyia texana Felt on cedar, E. P. Felt; head missing. Allo-
type (male) and 5 paratypes (males and females).
Platygaster filicavdis Fouts
P latygaster filicaudis Fouts, 1925a, p. 95.
Holotype male, USNM no. 67833; Paradise Key, Fla., Feb. 27, 1919,
R. M. Fouts; both antennae off, one of them and a fore tarsus on a
slide . Unique.
Platygaster filicornis (Ashmead)
Polygnotus filicornis A -hmead, 1893, pp. 302, 321.
Lectotype female (selected by Fouts, 1924b, p. 63), USNM no. 24605;
District of Columbia, April 30; last 3 segments of both antennae
missing. AUolectotype (male) headless, and 2 female paralectotypes.
Platygaster flavitarsis Fouts
P latygaster flavitarsis Fouts, 1926, p. 176.
Lectotype female, USNM no. 69166; Glen Echo, Md., May 1925. R. M.
Fouts; right antenna missing after 6th segment, left after 7th. Two
female paralectotypes.
Platygaster floridensis Ashmead
P latygaster floridensis Ashmead, 1887b, p. 132.
Lectotype female (selected by Fouts, 1924b, p. 33), USNM no. 24595;
Jacksonville, Fla.; well preserved except that last segment of left
antenna is missing. One female paralectotype (abdomen missing).
The male described by Ashmead is a different species.
Platygaster foersteri (Gahan), new combination
Xestonotidea foersteri Gahan, 1919b, p. 524.
Holotype female, USNM no. 22289; Coimbatore, South India, Nov. 26,
1915, from gall on Ischaemum ciliare; abdomen missing, also apical
segment of left antenna. Unique.