EVANIIDAE PSAMMOCHARIDAE 985 



HyptiA Illiger 



H. harpyoides Bdy. Ithaca, Jl 9-17 (types-CU) ; LI: Flatbush, Jl 2, Zab (Bdy- 

 CU) ; Central Pk., Jl (Sf) ; Cold Sp. Harb., Jl 31 (Bdy-AM) ; Wading R. 

 (Sf). 



H. mylacridomanesa Bdy. Ithaca, Comstock (type-CU). 



H. reticulata Say. Huguenot, Zab (Brues-AM) ; LI: Bellport, Nic (Sf-AM). 



H. prosetethetra Bdy. LI: Flatbush, Fishers L, Zah (Brues-AM). 



H. thoracica Blanch. LI: Wading R. (Sf). 



Superfamily VESPOIDEA 



Family PSAMMOCHARIDAE: The Spider-Hunting Wasps 1^5 



(Pompilidae) 



SUBFAMILY PSAMMOCHARINAE 



(Pompilinae) 



(The members of this subfamily construct subterranean nests which they provision 

 with spiders.) 



Tribe PSAMMOCHARINI 



(Pompilini) 



Agenioideus Ashmead 



A. humilis (Cress.). Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; Ithaca, Jl 1-7 (Bks-MCZ) ; LI 

 (Bks-MCZ). 



Allocyphonyx A^mead 



A. maurus (Cress.). Saranac, Jl, 1905, Yg (NYS). 



Aporinellus Banks 



A. fasciatus (F. Sm.). LI: Pennequid Barrens (Beq). Austral species. 

 A. ferrugineipes (Vier.). LI: Bayville (Bks-Beq, 1919). Austral species. 



ArachnophroCTONUS Ashmead 



A. ferrugineus (Say). Ithaca, Aug 7 (Bks-CU) ; Ft. Montgomery, Schott (Beq) ; 



SI (Beq). Widely distributed; a common southern species. Ithaca must be 

 nearly its northern limit. 



Batazonus Ashmead 



B. interruptus (Say). Gloversville, Sep, 1908 (NYS) ; Rochester Jet., Jl 7, Leon 



(Bks-CU) ; White Plains (Beq) ; LI: Jamaica, Springs, Mastic, Wyandanch, 

 Orient (Beq). Austral form. 



. ^®^ The manuscript for this family has been submitted to Messrs. Banks, Bequaert, and Rohwer, 

 and we are indebted to these gentlemen for their criticisms, suggestions, and additions. Mr. Banks 

 has kindly indicated the proper generic position of certain species. 



