384 Spilochalcis. 



SPILOCHALCIS 



Thomson, Hymen. Scandin. IV. P. 1. 1875 p. 15. 

 anlXoSi macula; Chalcis, nom. propr. Hymen. 

 Synon.: Chalcis Dalraan, Nees, Walsh, Riley, Thomas. 

 Conura Sichel. 

 Crabro Fabricius. 

 Smicra Walker, Cresson. 

 Sphex Fabricius. 

 Vespa Gmelin. 



albifrons (WaLsh) How.ij — Am. : IUinois. 



Chalcis albifrons Walsh, Trans. IUin. State Agrar. Soc. IV. 1861 p. 37. 



Chalcis albifrons Riley, 'i"'' Ann. Rep. Insect. Missouri 1870 p. 52; Fig. 22. 



Smicra albifrons Cresson, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc. IV. 1872 p. 39 n. 3. 



Chalcis albifrons Riley, 8*'^ Aun. Rep. Insect. Missouri 1876 p. 54. 



Chalcis albifrons Thomas, l()t>i Rep. State Entomol. IlHnois f. 1880. 1881 p. 40. 



Spilochalcis albifrons Howard, Descr. North Amer. Chalcid. 1885 p. 7 n. 1. 

 femorata (Fabr.) How. — 2 c5 — Am. centr. & ins. 



Crabro femoratus Fabricius, Syst. entom. 1775 p. 375 n. 10. 



Sphex punctata Fabricius, Spec. Insect. I. 1781 p. 446 n. 22. 



Crabro femoratus Fabricius, Spec. Insect. I. 1781 p. 472 n. 14. 



Chalcis punctata Fabricius, Mant. Insect. I. 1787 p. 272 n. 4. 



Crabro femoratus Fabricius, Mant. Insect. I. 1787 p. 297 n. 24. 



Vespa (Crabro) femorata Gmelin, Linne: Syst. nat. Ed. 13» I. 5. 1790 p. 2729 n. 8. 



Chalcis punctata Gmelin, Linne: Syst. nat. Ed. 13» I. 5. 1790 p. 2743 n. 4. 



Chalcis punctata Olivier, Encycl. method. Insect. V. 1790 p. 438 n. 6. 



Chalcis fasciata Olivier, Encycl. method. Insect. V. 1790 p. 439 n. 9. 



Crabro femoratus Olivier, Encycl. method. Insect. VI. 1791 p. 518 n. 32. 



Chalcis punctata Fabricius, Entom. system. II. 1793 p. 196 n. 5. 



Chalcis punctata Fabricius, Syst. Piez. 1804 p. 161 n. 8. 



Smiera subpunctata (Guilding) Walker, Entom. Magaz. II. 1834 p. 25 n. 6, $ (5- 



Smiera subpunctata Walker, Entom. Magaz. V. 1838 p. 469 n. 1, Q. 



Smiera nigroplcta Cresson, Proc. Entom. Soc. Philadelphia IV. 1865 p. 95. 



Conura punctata Sichel, Ann. soc. entom. France (4) V. 1865 p. 360 & 392 n. 5, Q (5. 



Smicra nigropicta Cresson, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc. IV. 1872 p. 53 n. 46, Q ^. 



Smicra punctata Cresson, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc. IV. 1872 p. 57, g. 



Smicra subpunctata Cresson, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc. IV. 1872 p. 57, $ ^. 



Smicra dorsivittata Cameron, Biol. Centr.-Amer. P. 28. 1884 Hymen. I. p. 90 n. 83, (5 ; T. 5 F. 2. 



Spilochalcis femorata Howard, Journ. Linn. Soc. London. Zool. XXV. 1894 p. 79. 



Spilochalcis femorata Howard, Journ. Linn. Soc. London. Zool. XXVI. 1896 p. 130. 

 fnlvescens (Walk.) How. — Q (5 — Am. : St. Vincent. 



Smiera fulvescens Walker, Entom, Magaz. II. 1734 p. 25 n. 7, $ (3^. 



Smicra fulvescens Cresson, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc. IV. 1872 p. 56, Q. $. 



Spilochalcis fulvescens Howard, Journ. Linn. Soc. London. Zool. XXV. 1894 p. 79. 



Spilochalcis fulvescens Howard, Journ. Linn. Soc. London. Zool. XXVI. 1896 p. 130. 

 mariae (Ril.) How.'-) — 2 (5 — Am. : United States. 



Chalcis Mariae Riley, Amer. Entomol. II. 1870 p. 101 nota, Q (5; Fig. 66 (Q). 



1) Hymen. : Pezomachus minimus (Walsh). 



2) Lep.: Antheraea polypheraus, Samia cecropia, Callosamia promethea, Attacus 

 cynthia, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformig (Howard;. 



