Vol. xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 59 



The Bembicine Wasps (Hym.)- 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 



Entomologists are greatly indebted to Professor J. B. Parker 

 for his exhaustive study of the Bembicine wasps of North 

 America, published in Proceedings, United States National 

 Museum, Vol. 52, pp. 1-155 ( 1 9 1 ?Y Tne work represents 

 the labor of years, and includes full descriptions, tables of 

 genera and species, and excellent illustrations. Strangely 

 enough, for reasons which it is hard to comprehend, the author 

 has failed to complete his elaborate treatment by giving ade- 

 quate particulars concerning the localities of the new species. 

 After so much labor, why was that of copying the labels of 

 the specimens described too great to be undertaken? Why 

 was it considered, if the matter was considered, that in a 

 State containing six different life zones the type locality of 

 a species was a matter of utter indifference? There is no 

 good reason why entomologists should not conform to the 

 rules of procedure in describing new species, which are well 

 established in botany, ornithology and other kindred sciences. 

 It is just as easy to do these things properly as any other 

 way, and it seems a pity that entomological writings, so ad- 

 mirable in nearly every respect, should fail where failure 

 could so readily be avoided. There are two orders of insects, 

 the Orthoptera and Odonata, in which the treatment in practi- 

 cally all recent American papers is above reproach. These 

 orders have been fortunate in being studied by men who were 

 well acquainted with the best methods employed in other de- 

 partments of zoology. Why should not Lepidopterists, Hy- 

 menopterists and Coleopterists take note? 



In the particular case under discussion I have thought it 

 useful to ascertain the type localities of many of the new 

 species and publish the data. For the particulars given I am 

 greatly indebted to Mr. S. A. Rohwer and Professor S. J. 

 Hunter. 



(A.) Types in University of Kansas. 



Bembix helianthopolis. Type 9, Graham Co., Kansas, 2130 ft., 

 August Hi, l '. 1:2 (F. X. Williams). Allotype $, same data; 

 also two paratypes with same data, and one paratype from 

 Trego Co., July 12, 1912. 



