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balsam, from Theodore, Mobile County, Alabama, are desig- 

 nated as the types, and with other type material are deposited 

 in the Cornell University collection. 



In 1910 at Biloxi, Mississippi, as early as March loth, the 

 larvae of this insect were abundant, the pupae occasional, in 

 those pitchers of Sarracenia sledgei which had remained 

 green throughout the winter; the earliest observed emergence 

 of the fly occurred March 27th; the eggs are deposited in the 

 new pitchers of the season, soon after these have commenced 

 to capture insect prey, and the insect in its various stages 

 occurs in the pitchers through t the summer months, no regu- 

 lar succession of broods being observed, though very irregular 

 in its comparative abundance from year to year, and in its 

 recorded localities. 



The Bembicine Wasps of North Carolina 



(Hym.). 



By M. R. SMITH, Raleigh, North Carolina. 



(Continued from page 82). 

 B. spinolae Lepelletier. 



This is one of the most common species in North Carolina and may be 

 generally recognized by the clear wings; short, fairly dense pubescence 

 on the head, thorax and base of abdomen and by the white curved bands 

 on the second, third and fourth abdominal segments. Length 14-17 mm. 



Specimens were collected at the following localities: Ra- 

 leigh, L. July, 1906, and E. August, C. S. B.; Landis, E. Sept., 

 1 9 1 9> J- E. E. ii specimens: 4 females, 7 males. 



B. belfragei Cresson. 



The specimen in our collection, a male, is rather robust, widest at the 

 base of the abdomen and tapering apically. The bands on the first three 

 abdominal segments are rather prominent, the first being the broadest. 

 The bands on the second and third segments are widest laterally, arcuated 

 and attennuated medially. All the bands are interrupted. The labium 

 in both sexes, when viewed from the side, shows a distinct transverse im- 

 pression. The last dorsal abdominal segment is wrinkled. Length 16- 

 18 mm. 



