CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 521 



Family XXII MELXINIDiE. 



Abdomen petiolate, smooth and shining : preys upon flies, which some 

 species capture by feigning death. 



MELLINUS Fabr. 

 M. bimaculatus Say. New Jersey, probably. 



EUSPONGUS St. Farg. 

 E. bipunctatus Say. Camden Co., VII, 9, IX, 7 (Fox). 



Family XXIII NYSSONIDJE. 



Medium-sized diggers resembling the Eumenidse among the true wasps : they 

 provision their nests with leaf hoppers, young frog hoppers, and other Hemiptera. 



Sul>-faniily I GORYTIN^. 



HOPLISUS St. Farg. 



H. fulvipennis Smith. New Jersey, probably. 



H. microcephalics Handl. Camden Co., VI, 28 (Fox). 



GORYTES Latr. 



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

 G. phaleratus Say. Jamesburg, VIII, 4 (Sm), Staten Island, VII i Dsi. 

 G. flavicornis Pack. New York, Pennsylvania (Ashm). 

 G. simillimus Smith. " New Jersey." 



Sub-family II ALYSONIN^E. 



ALYSON Jur. 



A. melleus Say. Camden Co., VII, 6, VIII, 10 (Fox). 



A. oppositus Say. Westville (Crn), Gloucester and Camden Co., VII, VIII 



(Fox). 



Sub-family III NYSSONIN.i:. 



NYSSON Latr. 



N. lateralis Pack. Philadelphia, VI, 11 (Fox). 

 N. plagiatus Cress. Camden Co., VII, 19, 27 (Fox). 



N. aequalis Patt. Camden Co., VII, 19, 27 (Fox), Gloucester Co., VII, 26 

 (Fox). 



