504 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



B. ridingsii Cress. Jamesburg, VIII, 10, Lahaway, VII (Sm), Westville,. 



Gloucester Co., IV, 27, Camden Co., VIII, 3, Philadelphia, VII, 23 



(Fox). 

 B. separatus Cress. Caldwell (Cr), Westville (Fox), Staten Island (Ds). 

 B. ternarius Say. Staten Island, VIII (Ds). 

 B. terricola Kirby. No actual records. 

 B. vagans Smith. Jamesburg, Burlington Co., Ocean Co., VII and VIII 



(Sm), Caldwell (Cr). 

 B. virginicus Oliv. Burlington Co., Jamesburg, L,ahaway, May and June 



(Sm), Caldwell (Cr), South Jersey (Fox), Staten Island, (Ds). 



Family IV PSITHYRIDJE. 



These resemble bumble bees, but are really parasitic in that they develop as. 

 unbidden guests in the nests of the Bombi. The females have no pollen 

 baskets ; the males are not easily distinguished from bumble bees. 



PSITHYRUS Lepel. = APATHUS Newn. 



P. ashtoni Cress. Caldwell, (Cr). 



P. citrinus Smith. Not actually recorded. 



P. laboriosus Fabr. Caldwell (Cr). 



P. variabilis Cress. Maine to Tennessee (Ash) 



Family V ANTHOPHORIDiE. 



Long tongued, hairy, solitary bees resembling honey bees in general appear- 

 ance, but often much stouter with longer, thin vestiture. 



ANTHOPHORA Latr. 



A. abrupta Say. Caldwell (Cr). 



A. bomboides Kirby. Pennsylvania (Ash). 



A. floridana Smith. New Jersey, probably (Ash). 



XENOGLOSSA Smith.. 



X. pruinosa Say. Newark, Middlesex, Monmouth Co., VII and VIII (Sm), 

 Riverton, VII, 31, Clementon, VII, 26 ( Jn) : visits flowers of cucurbits 

 (Ckll), and is the most effective agent in pollenizing them. It often 

 spends the night in the closed flowers. 



