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P. a^r7V:£»/a Bdv.— Rare ; Rubidoux, May and June. 



P. cainpestris Bdv. — Abundant, March to December. 



P. phylcsus Dru. — Common. June, July and August. 



P. brettus brettoides Edw. — Rare ; March to June. 



P. sabuleti Edw. — Rare; Rubidoux February and March. Two 

 others not named. 



Pyrgus ericetorum Bdv. — Rare; taken on the side of Rubidoux 

 during May, one female. 



P. tessellata Scud. — Common everywhere, March to November. 



Nisoniades persius Scud. — Common in the liver bottom ; June 

 and July. 



N. iristis Bdv. — Common about the mints July and August. 



Pholisora catullus Fabr. — Very rare ; two specimens taken in 

 May. 



THE PRESENT STATUS OF PARAPOMPILUS Cresson 



(non Smith). 



By William J. Fox. 



Until within a few years considerable confusion has existed in 

 the assignment of our Pompilidae to their proper genera ; and 

 as there is yet, apparently, varying opinions regarding the nomen- 

 clature of certains groups, it has seemed advisable to discuss the 

 position of Paraponipilus Cresson (non Smith), the subject of 

 which has been opened by a recent short article in these columns.* 



In Cresson's monograph of the Pompilidae published in 1867, 

 that author describes and refers, with ambiguity three species of 

 Pompilus, — P. fmaricB, ? legatus and felegaiis. Later, 1869, 

 he described from Mexico, a Ferreola Icrvifrons, and in 1872, we 

 have contigutis, texanus and vidmis, brought to light by the 

 same author and referred to Parapompihcs Smith, as are also 

 Ferreola Icevifrons and Pompihcs f legatus. Pompilus ? marice 

 we find under Parapompilus , in Cresson's ' 'Synopsis' ' published in 

 1887. In the foregoing we have what has been known as Para- 

 poinilus Cresson. To this list must be added my Planiceps 

 planatus and Ferreola sangidnea Smith. 



All of these form a fairly well marked group of species charac- 

 terized by their flat heads, plate-like clypeus, ample wings, three 



* See a note by W. Hampton Patton in Entomological New^, October, 1896, p. 248. 



