SPHECIDAE 393 



*cockereIIae Rohwer. Calif.; Guatemala. 



Tachysphex cockerellae Rohwer, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 47: 518. $. 



coquilletti Rohwer. Colo., Tex. Prey: Nymphs of Mantidae (Litaneutria sp.). 



eldoradensis Rohwer. Idaho. 



exsectus Fox. Colo., Tex. 



fusus Fox. Introd. in Hawaii. Prey: Nymphs of Acrididae {Chortophaga, 

 Oxya (?)). 

 Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 149-150. 



*hurcli Bohart. Oreg., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Tachysphex hurdi Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 33, figs. 13- 

 15. $, 9. 



laevifrons (Smith). Nests in flat or slightly sloping sand. Prey: Immature 

 Melanoplus (Acrididae). 



*linsleyi Bohart. Calif., Nev., Wyo., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex. Nests in sandy 

 soil. Prey: Immature Acrididae. 

 Tachysphex linsleyi Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 35, figs. 

 7-9. $, 9. 



montanns (Cresson). Idaho. Prey: Nymphal Acrididae (Oedaleonotus) . 



mundus Fox. N. J. 



nigrior Fox. Oreg. 



parvulus (Cresson). N. Mex. 



pechumani Krombein. Nests in sandy or gravelly soil. Prey: Nymphal and 

 adult Acrididae. 



*powelIi Bohart. Calif. 



Tachysphex powelli Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 35, figs. 

 1-3. $, 9. 



propinqpius Viereck. Prey: Adult Acrididae (Phlibostroma sp.). 



quebecensis (Provancher) . Wis., Minn., N. Dak., Calif. Prey: Immature 

 Acrididae (Cavinula, Melanoplus) . 

 Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, Social and Solitary, pp. 

 263-264. 



*schlingeri Bohart. Calif., Nev., Idaho, Wvo. 



Tachysphex schlingeri Bohart, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 75: 36, figs. 

 4-6. $, 9. 



semirufus (Cresson). Prey: Nymphal Acrididae (Melanoplus). 



sepulcralis Williams. Ga., W. Va., Pa., N. Y., N. H. Nests in sandy soil 

 covered with vegetation. Prey: Nymphal Acrididae (Melanoplus). 



similis Rohwer. Nests in open sand. Prey: Immature Acrididae of many 

 genera. 

 Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 15-17, fig. 1. 



tarsatus (Say). Delete immature Mantidae as prey. Nests in a variety of 

 sandy soils. Prey: Immature Acrididae of many genera, and 

 adult Melanoplus. 

 Biologv: Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps, Social and Solitary, pp. 

 261-263. 



tcnuipunctus Fox. Nests in sandy rangeland. Prey: Immature Acrididae 

 (Aulocara, Melanoplus, Oedaleonotus). 

 Biology: Newton, 1956. Jour. Econ. Ent. 49: 615-619. 



terminatus (Smith). Que., N. S., P. E. I. Nests in open sand. Prey: Nymphal 



Acrididae of many genera. 

 Taxonomv: Evans, 1958a, loc. cit. supra, p. 118, figs. 21-28 (larva). 

 Biology: "^Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 144-149.— Rau, 



1927. Acad. Sci. St. Louis Trans. 25: 188-190. 



