CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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P. fuscata Fabr. New Jersey, probably. 



P. instabilis Sauss. Rare in New Jersey (Bt). 



P. metricus Say. Caldwell, III, 25 (Cr), and common everywhere in the 



vState. 

 P. pallipes St. Farg. Common everywhere in the State. 

 P. perplexa Cress. The commonest form in my experience : June to October, 



New Brunswick, Jamesburg, L,ahaway, Burlington Co., Anglesea ( Sin i. 

 P. rubiginosus St. Farg. " New Jersey,' rare (Bt). 

 P. variatus Cress. Lahaway, IX, 22, Cape May Co., IX, 23, Camden Co., 



VII, 2 (Sm). 

 P. canadensis L. Staten Island, III, 15 (Ds). 



Family XXIX EUMENIDiE. 



These are solitary wasps in which only males and females are developed. As 

 in the preceding family the forewings are folded lengthwise when at rest. 

 They are predatory and store their cells with insects of various kinds. They 

 may be diggers, borers in pith or wood or may make mud nests which are often 

 of symmetrical forms. 



ZETHUS Fabr. 



Z. spinipes Say. Caldwell (Cr), Orange Mts. (Smi. 



EUMENES Lata*. 



E. agilis Sauss. Philadelphia, VIII, 1, 7 (Fox). 



E. fraternus Say Jamesburg VII, 

 4, Orange Mts., VIII, Laha- 

 way, IX, 22, Anglesea, IX, 

 6 (Sm), Caldwell (Cr), Staten 

 Island, V, VIII (Ds), Mon- 

 mouth Co., VIII, 4, Glouces- 

 ter Co., VIII, 29 (Fox). 

 This is the common " potter- 

 wasp " that makes vase-like 

 mud cells attached to low 

 plants. 



E. globulosus Sauss. " New Jer- 

 sey " (Cress Coll). 



E. verticalis Say. Camden, VII I, 

 3 (Fox). 



c 



Fig. 252. — Fraternal potter wasp. F.uiuenes /ra- 

 ter na : a, the wasp; b, its mud cell; c, 

 same opened to show contents. 



NORTONIA Sauss. 



N. symmorpha Sauss. Caldwell (Cr). 

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