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CXLIII. SPHECODINA.— Tyims : ahhotti. 



Thtireux, Swaiuson (inm Panzer, ISIIfi), Zool. lUiiMv. iii. t. CiH (IH.'I). 



rteio!/,,,,, Tlion (,i„„ Boisduval, 1834), Xatiirg. Schm. p. 104 (I8;i7) (partim). 



Sjiheciidiiiii Hlanchiirtl, //;«<. Sat. //is. iii. p. 478 (1840) (type : iihlmlli). 



Brarhi/nold Boisduv.al, Cons. L/ij). Guatemala p. 00 (1870) ; id., Sjur. (Ini. Li-p. Ilrt. i. 3:50 (1875). 



Mnredu^ Kirby, Jmirn. Rinj. Soc. Diibl/n (2) ii. p. 330 (1880) (type : ahhotti). 



S ?. Ahdomen flattened, with prominent sidc-tiifts, tail broad in c?, consisting 

 ol' Iwo broad side-tufts and a smaller mesial tuft, tail of ? not fan-like, consisting of 

 a single prominent conical tuft. Midtarsus without comb, i.e. spines of fonrth row 

 not prolonged, i'late of seventh abdominal sternite very short, transverse. Fore- 

 wing narrow, irregular. Only ahhotti dissected. 



6 . Tenth tergite and sternite simple, the latter incised at end (PI. XLIV. f. 0). 

 Clas])er witliout friction-scales, narrowly sole-shaped, elongate, dorsal margin 

 concave, curved inwards distally ; process of harpe short (PI. XLVII. f. 11), more 

 or less truncate and somewhat dilated at end. Penis-funnel (PI. LIII. f. 31) armed 

 with a rounded-dilated flat process, which is somewhat fan-like and is dentate at 

 the edge. 



?. Vaginal plate similar to that of I'dclti/cioniii : triangular, apical edges 

 incrassate, orifice proximal. 



Larva in first stage with horn, which is lost later on, being replaced by a 

 polished tubercle : colour variable, greeu or brown, sometimes brown with large 

 green patches above and at the sides {ahhotti), or with two dorsal rows aud an 

 infero-lateral one of vinaceous-cinnamon patches (cauJata). — Food-i)lauts : Mti.s ; 

 Amp('loj>.iif<. 



Pupa (ahliotti) with obtuse frontal end, non-prominent caputal tnliercles ; pro- 

 and mesonotum finely rugose, not rough, mesial line slightly raised ; abdomen 

 punctate-rugate, middle segments ventrally and laterally transversely irregularly 

 multi])licate before the minutely grannlose ajncal border, ninth tergite smooth, glossy, 

 cremaster rough, triangular, ending in two minute jioints. 



Hah. Eastern parts of Nearctic Eegion : Amnrland aud China. 



Two species. 



544. Sphecodina abbotti. 



ThyrriiK alihiM Swainson, ^w>/. lUiiatr. iii. t. OO (/..y-., i.) (I8-'l) (Georgia); Hall, in Riley. /;«. 

 ' Life i. p. 3111 (1889) (Ohio). ' 



Ptemgon ahhoti, Thon, .Xatimj. Scl,i,i. p. 104. t. 52. f. 722. 723. 724 (1837). 



Thyr'eii^ ahhoti (!), Harri.s, in Sillim., .Tu,mi. Sci. Art xxxvi. p. 307. n. 2 (1839) (Southern Sts. ; 

 " Mass.) ; Blanch., II, si. \at. Ins. iii. p. 478 (1840) ; Chenu, Enc. Hist. Nat. i. p. 257. f. 475 

 (0- 450 (f^) (1861-63) : Walk., List Up. Ins. B. J/, viii. p. 99. n. 1 (1856) (N. York; 

 Georgia) : Clem , Pro,: Ar. N. Sr. Philad. iv. p. 135. n. 12 (1859) (larva, pupa; N. York ; 

 Penn. ; Georgia; Mass.; Ohio); Morris, Cat. Lcp. N. Am. p. 18 (1800); Clem., iu Morris, 

 S,jn. L,-iK N. Am. p. 156. n. 1 (1802) ; Harris, E,it. Corresp. p. 284. t. 3. f. 9 (1803) ; Grote 

 & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 151. n. 11 (1865) ; Pack., Gidde p. 276. f. 203 (1809) ; 

 Lintn., Rept. N. Yorl- State Cub. .V. //. xxiv. p. 114 (1870) ; id., Ent. Coiitr. i. p. 191 (1872) 

 (N. York) ; id., I.,: iii. p. 179 (1872) (X. York) ; Grote, Bidl. Bi,f,do Soc. N. Sc. i. p. 19 

 (1S74); Thaxt., P.sv/c7(e i. p. 29 (1874) (Newton, Mass., v. vi.) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. 

 p. .331 (1K75) : Grote, I.,-, ii. p. 225. n. 21 (1875) ; Whitn., CanoAl. Ent. viii. p. 75 (1876) (^ $ 

 from brown larvae) ; Grote, iliid. viii. p. 100 (187l!) {^ ? from brown larvae) ; Butl., Ti-ans. 

 Zonl. Sor. L,md. ix. p. 534 (1S77) (Georgia; N. York); (iroie, Bidl. Buffalo Soc. X. Sc. iii. 

 p. 221. n. 23 (1877) (N. York ; Penn. : Mass.) ; id., Canad. Ent. ix. p. 120 (1877) (Lake Erie); 

 French, Tram. Dept. Aijri,: lllin. xv. p. 164 (1877); Saund., Cmrnd. Ent. x. p. 130. fig. (/.) 



