84 Harry Scott Smith 
Three females, Glen, August (Swenk, Jones, Smith); one 
male, West Point, June, 1905. 
Notoglossa cockerelli (Baker). 
1896. Oxybelus cockerelli Baker, Entomological News, vii, p. 61. 
A single male from Glen, August, 1906 (H. S. Smith). 
Notoglossa intermedia (Baker). 
1896. Oaybelus intermedius Baker, Entomological News, vii, p. 160. 
One female, also from Glen, August, 1906 (H. S. Smith). 
Notoglossa emarginata (Say). 
1837. Oxybelus emarginatus Say, Boston Journal of Natural History, 
i, p. 375. 
1859. Oxybelus emarginatus Say, Leconte edition, ii, p. 757. 
1889. Oxybelus emarginatus Robertson, Transactions of the American 
Entomological Society, xvi, p. 84. 
1901. Notoglossa emarginata Robertson, Jbid., xxvii, p. 204. 
Our commonest Oxybelid, as it seems to be everywhere else. 
Ranges across the entire state and flies from June to August. 
Seems to be confused with americana Robertson. 
Genus Oxybelus Latreille 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES 
Vertex with a distinct median tubercle; posterior ocelli each placed 
on tlhe upper and outer side of a tubercle, causing these ocelli to 
look outwards and upwards instead of in the normal direction... 1 
Vertex without a distinct median tubercle; posterior ocelli normally 
DAAC id arate te Gre eae ovate ha ae Ae Reig ye inip wre: a aats Eanes Sek eae eee 3 
1. Size small, 6.5 mm.; punctures back of ocelli in striae; wings hy- 
aline; abdominal segments only slightly constricted, punc- 
tures of medium size; ornaments whitish........ i te striatus 
1. Size larger, 7.5-10 mm.; occipital punctures normal; wings slightly 
clouded; abdominal segments strongly constricted, punc- 
tures very coarse; ornaments yellowish.................. 2 
2: Mesothorax, (entirely, Wl aGk gases seam state te eetensere aie ete re cornutus 
2. Anterior portion of mesonotum red............ var. quadricolor 
3. Squamae apparently broadly joined at base (this appearance is 
caused by the postscutellum being yellow)............... 4 
3. Squamae not apparently joined at base... ...0....- 0200 1. ceu wea 5 
4. Body covered with. an unusually dense growth of short 
pubescence; postscutellar spine with sides almost parallel 
or slightly wider at tip, which is light colored; two apical 
segments of abdomen bright ferruginous............ glenensis 
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