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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  V. 
  diabolica 
  Sauss. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  common 
  all 
  

  

  season; 
  makes 
  an 
  underground 
  nest. 
  

   V. 
  germanica 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  all 
  season 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  

  

  most 
  common 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  yellow-jackets; 
  nests 
  In 
  hollow 
  logs, 
  

  

  under 
  boards, 
  and 
  more 
  rarely 
  underground. 
  

   V. 
  infernalis 
  Sauss. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Ashm). 
  

   V. 
  maculata 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  everywhere 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  large 
  white-faced 
  wasp 
  that 
  makes 
  the 
  globular 
  "hornets 
  nests" 
  that 
  

  

  are 
  found 
  attached 
  to 
  bushes, 
  trees 
  and 
  sometimes 
  to 
  sheltered 
  places 
  

  

  on 
  barns, 
  etc. 
  

   V. 
  occidentalis 
  Cress. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Fox). 
  

   V. 
  vidua 
  Sauss. 
  Riverton 
  IX 
  (CG) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  (Cress) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  

  

  IX, 
  Lahaway 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Malaga 
  IX 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Lucaston 
  IX, 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  

  

  Bamber 
  VII, 
  lona 
  V, 
  VIII, 
  Manumuskin 
  V 
  (Dke). 
  

   V. 
  vulgaris 
  Linn. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Camden 
  VI 
  (Fox); 
  

  

  Jamesburg 
  VI, 
  Lahaway, 
  Lakehurst 
  IX 
  (Coll). 
  

   V. 
  consobrina 
  Sauss. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VI, 
  17 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  Family 
  CEROPAUD.^. 
  

  

  The 
  "Pompilidse" 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  edition. 
  Includes 
  rather 
  slender, 
  long- 
  

   legged 
  solitary 
  wasps 
  with 
  the 
  abdomen 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  thorax 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  

   short 
  stalk. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  velvety 
  black 
  or 
  blue, 
  often 
  with 
  orange 
  

   bands, 
  wings 
  usually 
  black 
  and 
  kept 
  in 
  constant 
  jerky 
  motion 
  when 
  the 
  

   insect 
  is 
  moving 
  about. 
  The 
  species 
  prey 
  on 
  spiders 
  and 
  other 
  insects 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  diggers 
  or 
  makers 
  of 
  mud 
  cells 
  under 
  stones, 
  etc. 
  Some 
  are 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  guests 
  in 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  other 
  diggers. 
  

  

  PSEUDAGENIA 
  Kohl. 
  (AGENIA 
  Dahlb.) 
  

  

  P. 
  architecta 
  Say. 
  Riverton 
  IX, 
  29 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Merchantville 
  V, 
  Manumuskin 
  

  

  X, 
  20 
  (Dke); 
  Lahaway 
  VII, 
  3 
  (Sm). 
  

   P. 
  bombycina 
  Cress. 
  Caldwell 
  

  

  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  VI 
  

  

  (Ds); 
  Camden 
  VII 
  (Fox). 
  

   P. 
  calcarata 
  Cress. 
  Jamesburg 
  

  

  V, 
  31 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  VIII, 
  

   30 
  (Vk). 
  

  

  P. 
  caliptera 
  Say. 
  Camden 
  Co. 
  

  

  VI, 
  28 
  (Fox). 
  

   P. 
  iridipennis 
  Cress. 
  Camden 
  

  

  Co. 
  VI, 
  VIII, 
  Gloucester 
  Co. 
  

   V 
  (Fox). 
  

   P. 
  mellipes 
  Say. 
  Philadelphia 
  

  

  VII, 
  4 
  (Fox), 
  and 
  sure 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Fig. 
  280. 
  — 
  Pscudagenia 
  bombycina 
  and 
  its 
  cell, 
  

   which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  with 
  spiders. 
  

  

  