."><>< • BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



Gorytes Latreille (Not auct.) 



(J. (gorytes) atricornis Pack. S. W. Harbor; Salisbury 



Cove; Bar Harbor, July 15-24. This genus is a soil nester 



that uses leaf-hoppers to provision. 

 Gh (pseudoplisus) phaleratus Say. These wasps nest in 



sand and provision their nests with leaf-hoppers. In a sand 



bank at Eden, July 24. 

 (f. (gorytes) simillimts Smith. Eden; S. W. Harbor; Bar 



Harbor, July 17-Aug. 20. 



Bembix Fabricius 



B. spixolae Lep. The Bembex nest in colonies in the sand 

 and lay their egg on a paralyzed fly. They do not store 

 food but feed their larvae from day to day on flies. Sand 

 pit, Eden; Indian Point, the Feather Bed, Green Mt. 1000 

 ft., July 28-Aug. 21. A striking creature with its large green 

 eyes and black and white striped body. 



Philanthus Fabricius 



P. bilunatus Cress. Penikese on flowers July 27. 



Aphilanthops Patton 



A. frigida (Smith). Sand pit on Sargent Drive, Aug. 21. 

 Eden, July 23. This species makes its nest in the ground 

 and provisions it with queen-ants. 



Cerceris Latreille 



C. arelate Banks. Newport Meadow flying, Sept. 4. Not 

 common. The provisioning of this genus is done with 

 beetles. 



C. sp. Mt. Desert, Sept. 1. 



C. clypeata Dahlh. S. W. Harbor; Eden; Bar Harbor, July 



20-24. These burrow and store beetles. 

 C. dentifrons Cress. Eden, July 18-24. Same as above. 



