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Handlirsch.) 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1964, loc. cit. supra, pp. 272-273, figs. 43, 44 (larva). 



cinerea Handlirsch. Nests in very moist, firm soil on coastal salt flats. Prey: 

 a variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoidea, but principally 

 Tabanidae. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 78-94. 



*citripes Taschenberg. 



Bembex citripes Taschenberg, 1870. Gesell. Naturw.-Halle Ztschr. 36: 



19. ?, $. 

 Bembex muUipicta Smith (syn. by Fritz, 1963. Neotropica 8: 62). 

 *Bembex inops Handlirsch, 1893. Akad. der Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. 



Sitzber. 102: 833, pi. 2, fig. 32, pi. 7, fig. 23. $,2. 

 *Bembex inopides Strand, 1910. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst. 29: 150. ?, S. 

 *Bembix gradilis Parker, 1929. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 75 (5): 122, $. 

 *Bembix bahiae Parker, 1929. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 75 (5) : 138, fig. 90. 



*Bembix subcitripes Willink, 1947. Acta Zool. Lilloana 4: 588, fig. 172. $. 



comata Parker. Nests in loose to relatively firm, rather dry sandy soil. 

 Prey: a wide variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoidea. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 36-48. 



helianthopolis Parker. Syn. of troglodytes Handlirsch. 



hinei Parker. Nests in very moist, firm sand on beaches just above high tide 

 mark . Prey : Tabanidae, rarely Stratiomyidae and Syrphidae. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 94-104. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 156 (larva). 



tnultipicta Smith. Syn. of citripes Taschenberg. 



nubilipennis Cresson. Nests in hard-packed soil. Prey: Principally calyp- 

 trate Muscoidea. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, p. 155, fig. 42 (larva). 



occidentalis Fox. Nests in relatively dry sand subject to blowing, mostly in 

 dunes. Prey: a wide variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Mus- 

 coidea. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 167-181 (account considers 

 both typical occidentalis and o. heutenviuelleri Fox. 



pruinosa Fox. U. and L. Austr. Zones, east of Rockies. Nests in relatively 

 dry sand subject to blowing, mostly in dunes. Prey: a wide va- 

 riety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoidea. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 142-167. 



*rohweTi Maidl and Klima. N. name proposed unnecessarily for cameroni 



Rohwer. 



sayi Cresson. Nests in relatively dry, loose sand not subject to blowing. 

 Prey: a variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoidea, but 

 chiefly Tabanidae and Bombyliidae. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 48-59. 



spinolae Lepeletier. Nests in loose to relatively firm, rather dry sandy soil 

 Prey : a wide variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoidea. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 17-36. 



texana Cresson. Nests in loose to very firm, relatively dry sandy soil. Prey: 

 a variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoidea. 

 Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 135-141. — Krombein, 1958. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash, Proc. 60: 107-110. 



troglodytes Handlirsch. Nests in loose, relatively dry sandy soil not subject 

 to blowing. Prey: A variety of Brachycera and calyptrate Muscoi- 

 dea, principally the latter. 



Bembix helianthopolis Parker (syn. by Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, p 

 116). 



Biology: Evans, 1957b, loc. cit. supra, pp. 116-135. 



