SPHECIDAE 421 



ECTEMNIUS subgenus METACRABRO Ashmead, p. 1025 



cephalotes (Olivier). Replaces quadricinctus Auctt., nee Fabricius. Delete 

 orig. ref . for quadricinctus. 



Taxonomy: van der Vecht, 1961. Zool. VerhancU. Rijksmus. Natuurlijke 

 Hist. Leiden, No. 48, pp. 70-71. 



ECTEMNIUS subgenus LOPHOCRABRO Rohwer, p. 1025 



singularis (Smith). Md. 



ECTEMNIUS subgenus HYPOCRABRO Ashmead, pp. 1025-1027 



continuus (Fabricius). Nests in rotten pear limb. Prey: Muscoid flies. 

 Biology: Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 58: 120. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 295, fig. 114 (larva). 



dives (Lepeletier and Brulle). Md. 



paucimaculatus (Packard). Mo. Nests in green hibiscus stems along river 

 banks. Prey: Principally Ephydridae and Agromyzidae. 

 Biology: Krombein, 1964. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 77: 73-88, figs. 1-11. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 294-295, fig. 113 (larva). 



spiniferus (Fox). Prey: Prmci-paUj Ogcodes eiigonatus hw. 



Biology: Bechtel and Schlinger, 1957. Ent. News 68: 225-232. 



stirpicola (Packard). Nests in borings in sumac pith. Prey: Small Diptera, 



principally acalyptrate muscoids. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 109, figs. 85-90 (larva). — 



Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 165 (larva). 

 Biology: Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 63-68. 



ECTEMNIUS subgenus APOCTEMNIUS Leclercq, Sup. 1, p. 199 



texanus ais Pate. Nests in rose canes. Prey: Acalyptrate Diptera. 

 Biology: Morse and Kerr, 1957. Fla. Ent. 40: 77-80, 1 fig. 



ECTEMNIUS subgenus ECTEMNIUS Dahlbom, pp. 1027-1028 



atriceps (Cresson). Oreg. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 109, figs. 91-94 (larva). 



LESTICA subgenus SOLENIUS Lepeletier and Brulle, pp. 1028-1029 

 cinctella (Fox). Oreg. 



Genus OXYBELUS Latreille, pp. 1030-1034 



Taxonomy: Bohart and Schlinger, 1957. Calif. Ins. Survey Bui. 4: 

 103-142, 23 maps, 93 figs, (descr. of Calif, spp. and key to N. 

 Amer. spp.). 



Change endings to masculine gender {teste Internatl. Code Zool. No- 

 mencl.. Art. 30 (a) (3), 1961). 



bipunctaius Olivier. Pa., Md. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. Ill, figs. 107-115 (larva). 



cressonii Robertson. Pa., Md. 



emarginatum Say. Prey: Anarete huscki (Felt), Atherigona orientalis 

 Schin., Gymnopternus sp., Chirononius sp., Chaoborus puncti- 

 pennis Say. 

 Biology: Krombein and Kurczewski, 1963. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 76: 

 150-151.— Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 58: 120.— 

 Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201 : 24-26. 

 sericeus sericeus Robertson. Prey: Ephydra riparia Fall. 



Biology: Bohart and Marsh, 1960. Pan-Pacific Ent. 36: 115-118. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1957a, loc. cit. supra, p. 112, figs. 105-106 (larva). 

 uniglumis quadrinotatus Say. 



