Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1619 



argenticauda (Cameron). South. Tex. to Costa Rica. 



Notogonia clirysnra Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 57. pi. 4, fig. 14. 6. 

 Notogonia argenticauda Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 58, pi. 4, fig. 15. 



6. 

 beata (Cameron). Transcont. in U. S. mostly in Austr. Zone south to Panama. Prey: Aclieta 



asshnilis F. nymph. 

 Notogojiia violaceipeimis Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 51, pi. 4, fig. 12. 



9. N. syn. 

 Notogonia montezuma Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 52. 9. N. syn. 

 Notogonia tnincata Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 54. 9 . Preocc. N. syn. 

 Notogonia beata Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 56, pi. 4, fig. 13. 6. 

 Notogonia nigripennis Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 485. 9. Preocc. N. 



syn. 

 Notogonia aequalis Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 486. 9. N. syn. 

 Larra nigripennata Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 670. N. name for nigripennis 



Fox. N. syn. 

 Larra tnincatiila Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 675. N. name for tnincata 



Cameron. N. syn. 

 Notogonia nigripennis var. occidentalis Viereck, 1903 (1902). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 



54: 731. 9. N. syn. 

 Notogonia snbaeqnalis Rohwer, 1909. Ent. News. 20: 370. 9. N. syn. 



Biology: Krombein, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Monog. 2, Sup. 1: 188 (prey). 

 fuliginosa muspa (Pate). South. Fla. Typical /?thgnnosa (Dahlbom) occurs in Cuba and Puerto 

 Rico. 

 Motes muspa Pate, 1943. Canad. Ent. 75: 201. i. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1976. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 78: 333-334 (lectotype of fuliginosa). 

 luctuosa dahlbomi (Cresson). South. Fla.; Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Dominica. 

 Typical luctuosa (Smith) occurs in Santo Domingo, Mexico and Brazil. 

 Larrada Dahlbomi Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 138. 9. A provisional name to 

 be used if specimens identified as fuligiyiosa (Dahlbom) by Cresson were misidentified; 

 they were. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1976. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 78: 334-335 (lectotype of dahlbomi). 

 mescalero (Pate). South. Tex. to south. Ariz., south to Honduras. 



Motes mescalero Pate, 1943. Canad. Ent. 75: 200. 6. 

 panamensis muesebecki (Krombein), n. status. South. Fla. 



Motes muesebecki Krombein, 1954. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 80: 15. 6, 9. 

 panamensis panamensis (Cameron), n. status. South. Tex. to Panama. 



Notogonia panamensis Cameron, 1889. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 59, pi. 4, fig. 17. 6. 



Notogonidea stemalis Rohwer, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 47: 519. 6. N. syn. 



Unplaced Taxon of Larrini 



Tachytes dives Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 247. "9"= 6. Carolina. Bohart 

 and Menke (1975) treat this as a questionable species of Liris. Presumably the locality 

 is in error, for no species of Larrini in America north of Mexico has the coloration of 

 vestiture, antenna and legs ascribed to dives. 



Tribe TACHYTINI 



Genus LARROPSIS Patton 



Larropsis Patton, 1892. Ent. News 3: 90. 



Type-species: Larrada tenuicomis Smith. Orig. desig. 



So far as known this genus is restricted to the Nearctic Region. The scanty biological records 

 indicate that the species are ground-nesting and that they prey upon cave and camel crickets 

 (Gryllacrididae). 



