Ecological mid Behavior Notes 19 



Nysson {Za/nysson) texanus Cress. [S. A. Rohwer]. 

 Taken at Lake View, Kansas, July 29, 1916. This is 

 described in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 59:406, 1921 and 

 through an error the locality given as St. Louis, Mo. 



Paramellinus bipiawtatus Say. [S. A. Rohwer]. One 

 spicemen of this wasp was found dead in a shallow hole 

 in the sand at Creve Coeur Lake, Mo., October 13, 1916. 

 It had probably sought shelter here and had been over- 

 come by the cold. 



Hoplisoides costalis Cress. [S. A. Rohwer]. This wasp 

 had its hole in the ground under a small piece of loose 

 bark. This was evidently her nest, as she entered it 

 carrying something green. There was much loose earth 

 about the hole. In pushing her way in, she left the bur- 

 row open, and when she left the hole she kicked over 

 enough dirt to cover it. The burrow and its contents 

 could not be traced out on account of the looseness of the 

 soil. Another individual of this species was captured on 

 a windowpane in a chicken-house. This was an old log 

 house, and the logs and the mortar in the crevices con- 

 tained many burrows of insects; hence we were always 

 curious regarding the business of any insects captured 

 there. 



Mimesa cressoni Pack. [S. A. Rohwer] was found on 

 the baseball field in St. Louis, October 13, 1918. 



Oxybelus sp. near striatus [S. A. Rohwer]. A hole, one- 

 eighth inch in diameter, was found in the sand at Moselle, 

 Mo., July 2, with a neat pile of loose sand about it. This 

 wasp entered the hole and soon emerged, when it was 

 taken. The burrow was lost in digging. 



Solenius interrupt es Say. [S. A. Rohwer]. Found 

 dead on window at St Louis, June 30, 1920. 



Solenius hellus Cress. [S. A. Rohwer]. Several of 

 these were found snugly secure in burrows in the up- 

 right posts of a pagoda at Creve Coeur Lake, June 13, 

 1918. They sat with their heads in their doorways, 

 calmly looking into the sunshiny world outside, but would 



