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Two new species, Coelinius carmenae Figueroa, Sánchez, and Kula, n. sp. and Coelinius danielae Figueroa, Sánchez, and Kula, n. sp., from Mexico are described and illustrated. These are the first records of Coelinius sensu Wharton (1994) reported from Mexico. Four Nearctic species, Coelinius mahackemoi (Viereck), stat. rev., Coelinius meromyzae Forbes, stat. rev., Coelinius nigripes Ashmead, stat. rev., and Coelinius occom (Viereck), stat. rev. are returned to Coelinius Nees from Coelinidea Viereck. Coelinius longulus Ashmead, stat. rev. is returned from Lepton Zetterstedt, 1838 nec Turton, 1822 to Coelinius. Coelinius linearis (Provancher), n. comb. is transferred from Coelinidea to Coelinius.

A detailed description of the adult of Crassomicrodus fulvescens (Cresson) is provided along with illustrations. New distributional data in the USA and Mexico are presented, and the first records from Canada are reported. Microdus medius Cresson is found to be a junior subjective synonym of M. fulvescens. Autographa californica (Speyer) is reported as a possible host for C. fulvescens based exclusively on label data.

A new species of Colpoclypeus Lucchese (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is described and illustrated. Colpoclypeus michoacanensis Sánchez & Figueroa attacks Argyrotaenia montezumae Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on blackberry plants. A key is included to separate C. michoacanensis from C. florus (Walker), the only other species in this genus.