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P. agricola Bdv. Rare ; Rubidoux, May and June. 



P. campestris Bdv. Abundant, March to December. 



P. phylceus Dru. Common, June, July and August. 



P. brettiis brettoides Edvv. Rare ; March to June. 



P. sabuleti Edw. Rare; Rubidoux February and March. Two 

 others not named. 



Pyrgus ericetorum Bdv. Rare; taken on the side of Rubidoux 

 during May, one female. 



P. tessellata Scud. Common everywhere, March to November. 



Nisoniades persius Scud. Common in the liver bottom ; June 

 and July. 



N. tristis Bdv. Common about the mints July and August. 



Pholisora catullus Fabr. Very rare ; two specimens taken in 

 May. 



THE PRESENT STATUS OF PARAPOMPILUS Cresson 



(non Smith). 

 By WILLIAM J. Fox. 



Until within a few years considerable confusion has existed in 

 the assignment of our Pompilidae to their proper genera ; and 

 as there is yet, apparently, varying opinions regarding the nomen- 

 clature of certains groups, it has seemed advisable to discuss the 

 position of Parapompilus Cresson (non Smith), the subject of 

 which has been opened by a recent short article in these columns.* 



In Cresson's monograph of the Pompilidae published in 1867, 

 that author describes and refers, with ambiguity three species of 

 Pompilus, P. fmaria, ? legatus and f elegans. Later, 1869, 

 he described from Mexico, a Ferreola lavifrons, and in 1872, we 

 have contiguiis, texanus and vicinus, brought to light by the 

 same author and referred to Parapompihis Smith, as are also 

 Ferreola lavifrons and Pompilus "? legatus. Pompilus ? metrics 

 we find under Parapompihis, in Cresson's ' 'Synopsis' ' published in 

 1887. In the foregoing we have what has been known as Para- 

 pomilus Cresson. To this list must be added my Planiceps 

 planatus and Ferreola sang nine a Smith. 



All of these form a fairly well marked group of species charac- 

 terized by their flat heads, plate-like clypeus, ample wings, three 



* See a note by W. Hampton Patton in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, October, 1896, p. 248. 



