THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 679 



APHILANTHOPS Patt. 



A. frigidus Smith. Camden Co. VII, 12 (Fox); Lakehurst VII, 1 (Coll). 



Family BEMBECID^E. 



Handsome, yellow-marked wasps of moderate size, the abdomen broad 

 at base, not stalked. The labrum or upper lip is very long, triangular 

 and pointed. The insects burrow in sandy places and feed their larvae 

 with flies. 



BEMBIDULA Burm. 



B. quadrifasciata Say. Throughout the sandy areas south of Piedmont 



Plain, more common in the pines VII-IX. 



B. ventral is Say. With the preceding and ranges further north; recorded 

 from Clifton IX, 4 (GG). 



STICTICA III. (MONEDULA Latr.) 



S. Carolina Fab. South of Piedmont Plain, g. d. VII-IX; the largest of the 

 family, and not common. 



BEMBEX Fab. 



B. pruinosa Fox. Anglesea VIII, 25 (Kemp). 



B. spinolae Lep. Throughout the sandy areas south of Piedmont Plain; 

 also at Sandy Hook (Bt) ; taken on a cow in the act of killing a 

 "Tabanus nigrovittatus" (Dke). 



B. cinerea Handl. Anglesea VII, 12 (Coll); Cape May (Vk). 



MICROBEMBEX Patt. 

 M. monodonta Say. Throughout the State in sandy places, not common. 



Family STIZID^E. 



SPHECIUS Dahlb. 



S. speciosus Dru. Throughout the State VII, IX, but local. The largest 

 of all our digger wasps preying upon the Cicadas or harvest flies, 

 which are gathered and stored in underground galleries as food for 

 the larvae. 



Family GORYTID^. 



GORYTES Latr. 



G. nebulosus Pack. Lahaway VII, 1 (Sm) ; New Jersey (Pack). 



G. phaleratus Say. (Hoplisus fulvipennis Sm.) Del. Water Gap VII, 8 



(Jn); Chester VII, 19, Jamesburg VIII, 4, Gloucester VII, 15 (Coll); 



Staten Island VII (Ds). 



