﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  679 
  

  

  APHILANTHOPS 
  Patt. 
  

  

  A. 
  frigidus 
  Smith. 
  Camden 
  Co. 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Fox); 
  Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  7 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  Family 
  BEMBECIDtE. 
  

  

  Handsome, 
  yellow-marked 
  wasps 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  broad 
  

   at 
  base, 
  not 
  stalked. 
  The 
  labrum 
  or 
  upper 
  lip 
  Is 
  very 
  long, 
  triangular 
  

   and 
  pointed. 
  The 
  insects 
  burrow 
  in 
  sandy 
  places 
  and 
  feed 
  their 
  larvae 
  

   with 
  flies. 
  

  

  BEMBIDULA 
  Burm. 
  

  

  B. 
  quadrifasciata 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  sandy 
  areas 
  south 
  of 
  Piedmont 
  

  

  Plain, 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  pines 
  VII-IX. 
  

   B. 
  ventral 
  is 
  Say. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  ranges 
  further 
  north; 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  Clifton 
  IX, 
  4 
  (GG). 
  

  

  STICTICA 
  III. 
  (MONEDULA 
  Latr.) 
  

  

  S. 
  Carolina 
  Fab. 
  South 
  of 
  Piedmont 
  Plain, 
  g. 
  d. 
  VII-IX; 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  

   family, 
  and 
  not 
  common. 
  

  

  BEMBEX 
  Fab. 
  

  

  B. 
  pruinosa 
  Fox. 
  Anglesea 
  VIII, 
  25 
  (Kemp). 
  

  

  B. 
  spinolae 
  Lep. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  sandy 
  areas 
  south 
  of 
  Piedmont 
  Plain; 
  

  

  also 
  at 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  taken 
  on 
  a 
  cow 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  killing 
  a 
  

  

  "Tabanus 
  nigrovittatus" 
  (Dke). 
  

   B. 
  cin.erea 
  Handl. 
  Anglesea 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Coll); 
  Cape 
  May 
  (Vk). 
  

  

  MICROBEMBEX 
  Patt. 
  

   M. 
  monodonta 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  sandy 
  places, 
  not 
  common. 
  

  

  Family 
  STIZID^. 
  

  

  SPHECIUS 
  Dahlb. 
  

  

  S. 
  speciosus 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII, 
  IX, 
  but 
  local. 
  The 
  largest 
  

   of 
  all 
  our 
  digger 
  wasps 
  preying 
  upon 
  the 
  Cicadas 
  or 
  harvest 
  flies, 
  

   which 
  are 
  gathered 
  and 
  stored 
  in 
  underground 
  galleries 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  

   the 
  larvae. 
  

  

  Family 
  GORYTID^. 
  

  

  GORYTES 
  Latr. 
  

  

  G. 
  nebulosus 
  Pack. 
  Lahaway 
  VII, 
  1 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  New 
  Jersey 
  (Pack). 
  

  

  G. 
  phaleratus 
  Say. 
  (Hoplisus 
  fulvipennis 
  Sm.) 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  i 
  

  

  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Chester 
  VII, 
  19, 
  Jamesburg 
  VIII, 
  4, 
  Gloucester 
  VII, 
  15 
  (Coll) 
  : 
  

  

  Staten 
  Island 
  VII 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  