No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 629 



P. nupera Cresson. Howard, Insect Book, PI. vi, Fig. 3. 

 Body ferruginous; wings dark; length 14-18 mm. 

 Likely to occur in the Alleghenian Zone of the State. 

 P. alienata (Smith). Howard, Insect Book, PI. v, Fig. 3. 

 Apparently common. Poquonock, 27 June, 1906 (H. L. V.). 



P. notha Cresson. 



Coxae without much hair ; abdomen shining ; third cubital cell 

 longer than broad. 



Has been recorded from the State and probably came from 

 Farmington. 



P. conica (Say). 



Clypeus truncate. Moves backward when carrying its prey, 

 a lycosid spider. 



Occurs throughout the State. New Haven, 7 May, 1906 

 (H. L. V.). 



P. germana Cresson. 

 Clypeus truncate. 



Recorded from the State and probably was collected at Farm- 

 ington by Norton. 



Cryptocheilus Panzer. 

 Key to Species. 

 Dorsal aspect of propodeum hairy, and transversely striate; 



wings pale before tip unifasciatus 



Dorsal aspect of propodeum scarcely hairy and hardly striate; 

 wings all black fulvicornis 



C. unifasciatus (Say). Howard, Insect Book, PI. xi, Fig. 



11. 



Judging from the distribution of this species it should be found 

 throughout the Carolinian Zone of the State. 



C. fulvicornis (Cresson). 



Distribution similar to the above species. 



PsAMMOCHARINjE 



The following generic key is almost a copy of Banks' latest 

 views on the subject. Some few of the genera included in the 

 key are not at present known to occur in the State. 



Key to Genera. 

 1. Pronotum longer than mesonotum, nearly flat above, scarcely 

 arched longitudinally; last joint of hind tarsi without 



