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Face with a campanulate yellow spot above the antennae; mesonotum 
without longitudinal stripes .......................crabroniformis 
16., Vertex with. sparse coarse, punebures: | $5...:).0..-- coeeeeeee gibbosus 
Vertex. closely ‘and deeply pictured: isha.220. 26. as dee oe ee 17 
17. Band on first tergite widely interrupted, ....2..<.5% 2000 0.08 vertilabris 
Band on first segment of abdomen continuous .......... var. frontalis 
Philanthus gloriosus Cresson. 
1865. Philanthus gloriosus Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., V, p. 86. 
1866. Philanthus gloriosus Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., VI, p. 55. 
Females 4: Lincoln (1), Mitchell (2) and Bad Lands, Sioux 
county (1); July to August 10, 1908; visits flowers of Melilotus 
alba. 
Philanthus solivagus Say. 
1837. Philanthus solivagus Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 1, p. 383. 
1897. Philanthus solivagus Dunning, Ent. News, VIII, p. 70. 
Females 1: Monroe Canyon, August 23, 1908 (R. W. Dawson). 
Philanthus albopilosus Cresson. 
1865. Philanthus albopilosus Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., V, p. 91. 
1866. Philanthus albopilosus Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., VI, p. 56. 
Males 4: Omaha (2) and Mitchell (2) ; July 29 to September 
3; visits flowers of Solidago glaberrima and Solidago sp. 
Philanthus barbiger Mickel. 
1916. Philanthus barbiger Mickel, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., XLII, p. 
405. 
Males 33: Harrison (32) and Glen (1); August 4 to August 
17; visits flowers of Helianthus sp., Solidago sp. and Chryso- 
thamnus sp. 
Philanthus bilunatus Cresson. 
1865. Philanthus bilunatus Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., V, p. 97. 
Males 44, females 42: Omaha (37), Louisville (2), Weeping 
Water (1), Lincoln (2), Carns (1), Glen (24), Monroe Canyon 
(16) and Warbonnet Canyon (1); July 4 to August 22; visits 
flowers of Solidago sp., Melilotus alba, Achillea millefolium, 
Chamaecrista fasciculata, Aster multiflorus, Symphoricarpos sym- 
phoricarpos, Monarda sp., Mentzelia sp. and Helianthus sp. 
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