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magnella lives on a closely allied food plant (Gaylussacia) but 

 even in its darker forms, can be separated easily from this 

 species by the pale golden face and head, a constant character. 



The Bembicine Wasps of North Carolina 



(Hym.). 



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



While examining and reclassifying the wasps of this tribe in 

 the collection of the Division of Entomology of the North 

 Carolina State Department of Agriculture, the writer found a 

 large number of specimens present, representing all the various 

 genera known, except one. Therefore it seemed worth while 

 to publish a paper making known the various species found in 

 the state and their distribution. 



In the preparation of this paper the writer has followed very 

 closely, Parker's excellent work, "A Revision of the Bembi- 

 cine Wasps of America North of Mexico."* The keys are, as 

 a whole, adapted from his paper, as are also quite a few of the 

 notes. 



Collections were made in the state by the following men, 

 their initials being given in the paper for the sake of brevity: 

 Franklin Sherman, C. S. Brimley, A. H. Manee, R. S. Woglum, 

 Z. P. Metcalf, C. L. Metcalf, R. W. Leiby, J. E. Eckert, Max 

 Kisliuk and the writer. 



To Messrs C. S. Brimley and Franklin Sherman much 

 credit is due for their kind assistance in the preparation of 

 this paper. 



Key to Genera 



I Anterior ocellar cicatrix circular or elliptical in form, sometimes placed 

 in a pit 2. 



I Anterior ocellar cicatrix linear, transverse, straight, or curved, in a 

 few species the ocellus not completely obliterated 3. 



2 Anterior ocellar cicatrix not placed in a pit; seventh tergite of males 

 with lateral spines, eighth sternite ending in a single spine and middle 

 femora with a strong curved tooth below near distal end Stic tin. 



*Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 52, pp. 1-55. 

 No. 2173. 1917. 



