SPHECIDAE 413 



u-scripta Fox. Tex.; Mexico (Guerrero). Nests in heavy clay. Prey: A wide 



variety of flies, but principally Brachycera. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 104-108. — Evans, 1961. Psyche 



67: 45-61. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 155, figs. 41, 63. (larva). 



variegata Olivier. Transf. to Bicyrtes, p. 997. 



Subfamily PHILANTHINAE 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a. Amer Ent. Soc. Trans. 83: 79-89, figs. 1-35 

 (larvae). — Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 156-157. 



Genus PHILANTHUS Fabricius, pp. 1000-1003 



albopilosus Cresson. Prey: Halictidae, Anthophoridae. 



Biology: Evans and Lin, C. S., 1959. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 17: 128. 



bicinctus (Mickel). 



Philanthus hirticulus (Mickel), n. syn. (teste Evans, in litt., based on 



biol. observations) . 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 275-276, figs. 65-67 (larva). 



bilunatus Cresson. Prey: Principally spp. of Halictidae, occasionally Colleti- 

 dae (Hylaeus). 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 83, fig. 19 (larva). 

 Biology: Evans and Lin, C. S., 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 126-127, figs. 4, 

 5,9. 



eurynome Fox. Prey: Apis viellifera L. 



Biology: Evans and Lin, C. S., 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 128-129. 



gibbosus (Fabricius). Prey: Principally spp. of Halictidae, occasionally 

 Sphecidae (Crossocerus). 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 82, figs. 11-15 (larva). 

 Biology: Evans and Lin, C. S., 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 124-125, fig. 3. 



hirticulus (Mickel). Syn. of bicinctus (Mickel). 



lepidus Cresson. Prey: Usually spp. of Halictidae, occasionally Andrenidae. 

 Biology: Evans, 1964. Psyche 71: 142-149, 4 figs. 



politus pacificus Cresson. Prey: Principally halictid bees, but occasional spe- 

 cimens of Andrenidae, Sphecidae, Vespidae and Ichneumonoidea 

 are used. 

 Biology: Powell and Chemsak, 1959. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 32: 115-120. 



politus politus Say. Prey: Usually spp. of Halictidae, occasionally spp. of 

 Colletidae (Hylaeus) and Andrenidae (Calliopsis). 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 84, fig. 20 (larva). 



Biology: Evans and Lin, C. S., 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 116-120, figs. 1, 

 2. 



solivagus Say. Prey: Principally spp. of Halictidae, occasionally Sphecidae 

 (Crabroninae), Vespidae ( Ancistrocerus) , Colletidae (Colletes) 

 and Andrenidae (Andrena). 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 83, figs. 16-18 (larva). 

 Biology: Evans, and Lin, C. S., 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 120-124, figs. 

 6-8. 



ventilabris Fabricius. Prey: Halictidae, Andrenidae . 



Biology: Evans and Lin, C. S., 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 127. 



APHILANTHOPS subgenus APHILANTHOPS Patton, p. 1003 



frigidus (Smith) . 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 81, figs. 1-10 (larva). 

 Biology: Evans, 1962. Behavior 19: 240-245, fig. la. 



subfrigidus Dunning. Prey : Queen in Formica fusca group. 



APHILANTHOPS subgenus CLYPEADON Patton, pp. 1003-1004 

 Nests are provisioned with workers of Pogonomyrmex. 



