Sphecoidea of Nebraska 123 
_ Males 5, females 41: Omaha (5), Louisville (3), Lincoln (23), 
Fairmont (2), Holdrege (1), Culbertson (1) and Curtis (10) ; 
July 3 to September 8; visits flowers of Medicago sativa, Ver- 
bena stricta, Petalostemum sp. and Cleome serrulata. 
Bembix sayi Cresson. 
1865. Bembex Sayi Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., TV, p. 467. 
1895. Bembex Sayi Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., p. 359. 
1917. Bembix sayi Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., LII, p. 90. 
Males 19, females 8: Lincoln (3), Fairmont (1), Haigler (2), 
Imperial (4), North Platte (1), Halsey (1) and Mitchell (15) ; 
June 22 to August 17; visits flowers of Verbena stricta, Helian- 
thus petiolaris and Medicago satwa. 
Bembix belfragei. 
1873. Bembex belfragei Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., IV, p. 220. 
1895. Bembex belfragei Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., p. 357. 
Males 3, females 3: Omaha (1), West Point (1), McCook (2), 
Haigler (1) and Halsey (1); June to August 24; visits flowers 
of Petalostemum purpureum. 
Bembix spirolae LePeletier. 
1845. Bembex Spinolae LePeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., III, p. 277. 
1895. Bembex Spinolae Fox, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., p. 357. 
1908. Bembex spinolae H. S. Smith, Univ. Nesr. Srupies, VIII, p. 
86. 
1908. te spinolae Johnson and Rohwer, Ent. News, XIX, p. 378. 
Females 219: Child’s Point (2), Omaha (47), Louisville (19), 
Lincoln (16), Fairmont (7), Cedar Bluffs (1), South Sioux 
City (4), Niobrara (1), Norfolk (1), Neligh (1), Red Cloud 
(3), McCook (1), Haigler (3), Halsey (5), Valentine (2), 
Mitchell (87), Glen (12), Harrison (3) and Monroe Canyon 
(5); June 18 to October 11; visits flowers of Chamaecrista sp., 
Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos, Verbena hastata, Asclepias in- 
carnata, Solidago glaberrima, Verbena stricta, Petalostemum vio- 
laceus, Mentha canadensis, Gaillardia pulchella, Medicago sativa 
and Melilotus alba. 
Bembix primaaestate Johnson and Rohwer. 
1908. Bembex primaaestate Johnson and Rohwer, Ent. News, XIX, 
p. 378. 
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