PROCEEDINQS 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. II, pp. 507-510. December 20, 1900. 



PAPERS FROM THE HARRIMAN ALASKA 

 EXPEDITION. 



XIV. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL RESULTS (8) : 



THE SPHEGOIDEA AND VESPOIDEA. 



By Trevor Kincaid. 



The collection upon which this report is based is a small one, 

 including but nine species, but it is of considerable interest from 

 the fact that but a single representative of the above groups has 

 been recorded from Alaska, namely Dolichocrabro vjickhami 

 Ashmead,^ which was collected by Mr. H. F. Wickham at 

 Fort Wrangell. At the same time and place Mr. Wickham cap- 

 tured a Pemphredonid which Mr. Ashmead determined as Pas- 

 salcecus aisptdatus Smith. In the collection of the U. S. National 

 Museum there is also a Chrysid collected at Fort Yukon by Mr. 

 L. M. Turner in 1877. This has been determined by Mr. 

 Ashmead to be Omalus sinuosus Say. These three species, to- 

 gether with those listed below, bring the total number of known 

 Alaska forms up to twelve. It is evident that the coastal regions 

 of Alaska do not afford a favorable environment for either 

 fossorial Hymenoptera or wasps. 



'Synopsis of the superfamily Sphegoidea, Can. Ent., xxxi, p. 216, 1899. 



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