DEPOSITIONS OF PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA (INSECTA) TYPES FROM THE UNIVERSITY-OF-CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

In 1993, 71 hymenopteran type specimens from the University of Califor nia, Berkeley's Essig Museum were deposited in four other institutions : the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, California), the Queensland Museum (Brisbane, Australia), the Plant Protection Research Institute (Pretoria, South Africa) and the U.S. National Museum (Wash ington, D.C.). The specimens are Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Scelionida e, Eucoilidae, Perilampidae, Encyrtidae, Aphelinidae, Eulophidae, Tric hogrammatidae, Mymaridae and Bethylidae, and represent 54 holotypes, 1 2 allotypes and 5 syntypes. The three holotype specimens of Bactropria brasiliensis Kieffer, Xyalopria ruficornis Kieffer and Ganaspis reclu sa Kieffer are reported missing.