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Distribution. — Mostly in the Southeastern States from eastern 

 Texas to North CaroUna and isolated records as follows: 



Illinois: Havans, Aug. 30, 1917; Meredosia, Aug. 22, 1898 (F.M.McE.) 

 Aug. 1899. Kansas: Riley Co., July 17 (Popenoe). New Jersey: Camden Co. 

 (Wm. J. Fox); Pemberton, Sept. 1, 1907. 



Prey records. — Derelomus basalis LeConte, Limnobaris confusa 

 Bocheman, Anthonomus sexguttatus Dietz and Hyperodes sp. (all 

 weevils). C. blakei Cresson seems to prefer the first species. Less 

 commonly taken were the chrysomelid Graphops jioridana Blake and 

 the tenebrionid Blakstinus interruptis (Say). All records are by 

 Krombein (1963) from Florida. 



Plant records. — Aldenella tenuifolia (Florida, for nectar?), 

 Asclepias (North Carolina), Bidens bipinnata (North Carolina), 

 Borieria (Florida), Cyanotis (Alabama), Erigeron quercifolius (Florida), 

 Eriogonum tomentosum (Florida), Koellia (North Carolina), lemon 

 balm (Florida), Pinus serotina (North Carolina), Polygonum 

 hyropiperoides (Florida), Quercus virginiana (North Carolina), Sabal 

 eltonia (Florida, for prey), Satureia hortensis (Louisiana). 



Figures 4-6. — Localities of: 4, C. blakei Cresson; 5, C. bridwelli Sculler.; 6, C. buileri 

 Scullen. 



5. Cerceris hridwelli, new species 



Figures 5, llla,b,c 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Black with creamy-yellow and amber 

 markings; normally pitted, clothed with short silvery hairs. 



Head about 50% wider than the thorax; black except sides of 

 face, compressed strip between the antennae, the clypeus, two round 

 spots behind the compound eyes, proximal half of the mandibles, and 

 the scape of the antennae, all of wliich are creamy yellow; clypeal 

 border extended and sinuate; clypeal process prominent, rounded, and 



