694 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



XENOGLOSSA Smith. 



X. pruinosa Say. Throughout the State VII-IX; visits flowers of cucur- 

 bits by preference and is one of the most effective agents in their 

 pollination. The bees often spend the night in the closed flowers. 



Family EMPHORIDJE. 



MELITOMA Latr. (ENTECHNIA Pattern.) 

 M. taurea Say. Ft. Lee rare (Bt) ; Camden Co. VI, 3 (Fox). 



EMPHOR Patton. 



E. bombiformis Cress. Arlington VIII, 30, digging shallow burrows in 

 soil (Gr) ; Gloucester Co. VIII, 16 (Fox) ; visits flowers of "Ipomea" 

 (Ckll), and of marshmallows (Gr). 



Family ANTHOPHORID^. 



ANTHOPHORA Latr. 



A. abrupta Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Palisades VII, 3 (Dke). 



A. bomboides Kirby. Pennsylvania (Ashm) and sure to occur in New 



Jersey. 

 A. floridana Smith. Orange Mts., Jamesburg V, 4, Lahaway VI, 2 (Coll) ; 



Clementon IV, V (div); Manumuskin IV, 11 (Dke). 



A. terminalis Cress. Riverton IX, 9 (Hk). 







Family PROSOPID^. 



PROSOPIS Fab. 



P. affinis Smith. Caldwell (Cr) ; New Brunswick VII, 24, Jamesburg VII, 



15 (Coll). 

 P. modesta Say. Jamesburg VII, 15 (Coll); Camden Co. VI. 18 (Fox). 



This and the preceding are probably the same (Vk). 

 P. antermata Cress. Recorded from New Jersey only. 

 P. confluens Ckll. Camden Co. (Ckll). 

 P. pygmaea Ckll. Jamesburg V, VI, Lakehurst VII (Coll); Camden Co. 



(Fox). 



P. sparsa Cress. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

 P. vertical is Cress. New Jersey probably (Ashm). 

 P. ziziae Rob. Jamesburg V, 31 (Coll); Ocean Grove (Ckll). 

 P. sayi Rob. Orange Mts. VIII, 29, New Brunswick V, Jamesburg V 



(Coll). 



