THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 687 



and their nesting habits are diverse. Some of them are brilliantly blue 

 and green in color. 



HALICTUS Latr. 



H. ligatus Say. (^ ornatipes Cress., armaticeps Cress., captiosus Sm.) 



Throughout the State, everywhere common V-VIII. 

 H. confusus Smith. New Brunswick VII, 20, Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll) ; 



Camden X, 20 (U S M). 



H. parallelus Say. South Jersey (Fox). 



H. provancheri D. T. (fasciatus Nyl., flavipes Fab.) Throughout the 

 State IV, V, VII-X, not rare. 



EVYLJEUS Rob. 



H. pectoralis Smith. Middlesex Co. VII, Lakehurst VII (Coll); Camden 

 V (U S M). 



H. nelumbonis Rob. Jamesburg VII, 18, Lahaway VI, 28 (Coll); Camden 

 VII, IX (Fox). 



H. arcuatus Rob. Clementon IV, 27 (Dke). 



H. truncatus Rob. Chester, Newark V (Coll). 



H. quadrimaculatus Rob. Lahaway VII, 12 (Coll). 



H. pectinatus Rob. Chester (Coll). 



LASIOGLOSSUM Curtis. 



H. fuscipennis Smith. Staten Island VI (Ds); Philadelphia VIII, 29 



(Fox). 



H. si mi I is Smith. Burlington Co. V, Lahaway X, 14 (Coll). 

 H. coriaceus Smith. Staten Island IV (Ds) ; Prospertown VI, 1 (Coll). 



CHLORALICTUS Rob. 



H. albipennis Rob. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Coll). 



H. imitatus Smith. Will probably be found in New Jersey (Ashm). 



H. pilosus Smith. Throughout the State V, VI, X (div). 



H. inconspicuus Smith. Newark V, Jamesburg VII (Coll); Staten Island 

 VII (Ds); lona VI, Manumuskin IV, 28 (Dke). 



H. nymphalis Smith. Camden X, 20 (Fox); Prospertown, Ocean Co. VI 

 (Sm). 



H. nymphaearum Rob. (palustris Rob.) Throughout the State IV-VII. 



H. zephyrus Smith. Newark V, New Brunswick IV, Atlantic Co. V 

 (Coll); Riverton IV, 5 (Dke); So. Jersey (Fox). 



H. laevissimus Smith. Staten Island IX (Ds) ; New Brunswick V, James- 

 burg VII (Coll). 



H. vierecki Craw. Throughout the Delaware Valley region IV-VIII; also 

 Manumuskin VI, 23 (Dke). Type from New Jersey. 



