1034 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTION 15 OCT. 1899 — 14 



OCT. 1900 



Hymenoptera 



Xylocopa virginica Drury, large carpenter bee, 31 May; 

 from W. C. Hitchcock, Cropseyville N. Y. 



Apis mellifica Linn., honeybee, 5 July; from Mrs E. B. 

 Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 



Xenoglossa pruinosa Say, 24 July; from Mrs E. C. An- 

 thony, Gouverneur N. Y. 



Sphecius speciosus Drury, cicada-killer, 28 Aug. ; from Coun- 

 try gentleman, Albany N. Y. 



Pelecinus polyturator Drury, 5 Oct. ; from M. E. Myer, 

 Stottville N. Y. 



Melanobracon simplex Cress. , probably parasitic onSaperda 

 t ri d en t a ta, pupa found under elm bark, 20 Oct. 1898 ; from J. A. 

 Otterson, Berlin Mass. 



Pimpla conquisitor Say, working as parasite on cocoons of 

 Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn., 18 June; from Daniel Ben- 

 nett, Delmar N. Y. 



Pimpla inquisitor Say, 5 July; from Mrs E. B. Smith, 

 Coeymans N. Y. 



Theronia fulvescens Cress., from about Clisiocampa 

 disstria Hiibn. cocoons, 18 June; from Daniel Bennett, Del- 

 mar N. Y. 



Thalessa atrata Fabr., black long sting, 18 June ; from E. P. 

 St John, Prattsburg N. Y. Same, 26 July ; from Mrs E. H. Mairs 

 Irvington N. Y. 



Paniscus gemminatus Say, 28 Oct. ; from L. V. Case, 

 Bedford N. Y. 



Cynips strobilana O. S., on swamp oak (Quercus bico- 

 lor), 27 Sep.; from M. W. Van Denburg, Mount Vernon N. Y. 



Tremex columba Linn., pigeon Tremex, 10 Aug.; from M. B. 

 Sherman, Ogdensburg N. Y. Same, 15 Oct.; from O. Q. Flint, 

 Athens N. Y. 



Urocerus albicornis Fabr., 25 Sep.; from F. B. Durant, 

 Watervliet N. Y. This insect had bored through spruce boards of box 

 and then penetrated 10-12 thicknesses of woolen cloth. 



Lophyrus lecontei Fitch, LeConte's sawfly, larvae on white 

 pine, 6 Aug.; from B. E. Fernow, Axton N. Y. 



