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Ammophila aberti Hald. (Evidently identical with i/arroi/;i Cr. ) . Colorado, 

 Colorado Springs; August, 

 extrematata Cr. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August, 

 gryphus Sm. (Probably female of macra Cr.) Kansas, Wich- 

 ita; August. New to the Kansas list, 

 intercepta Lep. Kansas, Lawrence; August; September. Wich- 

 ita; August, 

 macra Cr. (Probably male of g'ri/jo/ms Sm.). Colorado, Chey- 

 enne cafion, near Colorado City; July, 

 pruinosa Cr. Colorado, Denver; August, 

 vulgaris Cr. Colorado, Cheyenne canon, near Colorado City; 



July. Colorado Springs; August, 

 yarrowi Cr. (See aberti Hald.) 

 Sceliphron ' ^Pelopoeus) cementarius Drury. Kansas, Lawrence; June and 

 July, entering rooms. 



Family Ceropalid^. 

 Priocnemis fulvicornis Cr. Kansas, Lawrence; July; August. Wichita, 

 August, 

 nigripes Cr. Kansas, Lawrence; April. 



texanus Cr. Kansas, Wichita; August. New to the Kansas list. 

 Agenia architecta Say. Kansas, Lawrence; May; October. Colorado, Col- 

 orado Springs; August. 

 Ferreola subviolaceus Cr. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 

 Sophropompilus ingenuus Cr. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 



relativus Fox. Kansas, Lawrence; June. New to the Kan- 

 sas list. Colorado, Colorado Springs and Manitou; August. 

 Anoplius fuligidus Cr. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 



funereus Lep. Kansas, Wichita; August. New to the Kansas list, 

 marginatus Say. Kansas, Lawrence; June, 

 tenebrosus Cr. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 

 Ceropales fraterna Sm. Kansas, Lawrence; June. 



Family Vespid^. 

 Vespa diabolica Sauss. Colorado, Green Mountain Falls; Cheyenne canon 

 and Manitou; July. Denver and Buffalo; August, 

 germanica Fab. Kansas, Lawrence; May; June, twilight; September, 

 maculata L. Colorado, Colorado Spnngs ; August. Specimens of 

 this species and of vulgaris L., collected in Venango county, Penn- 

 sylvania, recall episodes of my early attempts at collecting, 

 occidentalis Cr. Kansas, Lawrence; August; October. Colorado, 

 Manitou; July. 

 Polistes aurifer Sauss. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August, 

 canadensis L. Kansas, Lawrence; July; August, 

 exclamans Vr. Kansas, Lawrence; May; August; November, in- 

 side windows. Additions to the Kansas list. 

 These examples agree in almost every particular with type speci- 

 men, which, however, lacks antennae. The antennal joints are 

 reddish brown excepting the middle of the flagellum, which is 

 infuscated, principally on the upper surface. With one speci- 

 men the brown space of clypeus is reduced to a mere vertical 

 line, and the posterior surfaces of middle and hind coxae are 



