534 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Family XXXV MYZINIDiE. 



MYZINE Latr. 



M. hamata Say. Lakewood, Camden Co. (Ashm). 



M. namea Fabr. Staten Island, VI and VIII (Ds), Westville (Cm). 



M. marginata Say. New Jersey, probably. 



M. obscura Fabr. Westville (Cm), " New Jersey," scarce (Bt). 



M. sexcincta Fabr. Throughout the State, VII, VIII, IX ; common. 



Family XXXVI SCOLIIDiE. 



Stout, very hairy wasps, black, banded or spotted with yellow, legs short and 

 strong, abdomen with a very short pedicel. The species burrow in the ground 

 in search of white grubs, in which they lay their eggs and on which the larvte 

 develop. 



SCOLIA Fabr. 



S. bicincta Fabr. Westville (Crn), Gloucester Co., VIII, 23, Philadelphia, 



IX, 4 (Fox). 

 S. clubia Say. Westville (Crn), Gloucester, VIII, 23 (Fox). 

 S. nobilitata Fabr. Camden Co., VI, 29, VII, 12, VIII, 3 (Fox). 



ELIS Fabr. 



E. plumipes Dru. Caldwell (Cr), Camden Co , V, 18, VII, 22 (Fox), Laha- 

 way, Ocean Co., VI, VII (Sm) 



E. quadrinotata Fabr Monmouth Co., VII, 4 (Fox), throughout the pines, 

 locally, in July. 



Family XXXVII TIPHIIDiE. 



The only representative of this family in our State feeds in the larva of the 

 May beetles, or common " white grubs " found in cultivated fields. 



TIPHIA Fabr. 



T. inornata Say. Jamesburg, Ocean 

 Co , Gloucester Co., VII, 15 (Sm), 

 Staten Island, VII, VIII (Ds), 

 Caldwell (Cr), Atlantic Co., VI, 



29, Camden Co., VI, 20, VIII, Fig 255 ._ W hi.e-grub parasite, Tijhia inornata. 

 ■^4, IX, 7 (Fox). a, adult; i, head of larva ; c, larva ; d, cocoon. 



