992 Anthoboscidae — Sapygidae — Tiphiidae 



Family ANTHOBOSCIDAE 



SlEROLOMORPHA Ashmead 



S. ambigua Ashm. Ithaca, Jl 20, 1904, one specimen (Bdy-CU). An extremely 

 rare insect, of unknown habits. 



Family SAPYGIDAE 



(These are extremely rare social parasites of aculeate Hymenoptera.) 



Sapyga Latreille 



S. americana Cress. "NY" (type-AES) ; Ithaca (Bdy-C\J) ; Taughannock Falls, 

 Je 6, 1925 (Bdy-CU) ; Center Lisle, Je 10, PBFletchcr (Bdy-CU) ; Nyack 

 (Bdy-AM) ; West Farms, Angus (Bdy-AM). 



S. centrata Say. Chappaqua, Je 15, 1919, Wat (Bdy-AM). 



S. martini Sm. Ithaca, Je 6 (Bdy-CU). 



Family TIPHIIDAE 



SUBFAMILY TIPHIINAE 



Tiphia Fabricius^^e 



(The members of this genus live in the larval stage on white grubs, Phyllophaga.) 



T. clypeata Robertson. Ithaca, Jl 19 (Bdy-CU); LI: Sea Cliff, Bks (Mall-Mus. 



Compar. Zool., Harvard Univ.). 

 T. clypeolata Mall. Ithaca, Jl 20, 1904 (Mall-CU). 

 T. punctata Robertson. Ithaca, Aug 7, 1897 (Mall-CU). 

 T. similis Mall. Ithaca, Jl 20, 1904 (Mall-CU). 

 T. transversa Say. Ithaca, Jl 19-24 (Bdy-CU). This seems to be the common 



local species at Ithaca. 

 T. robertsoni Mall. Ithaca, Aug 4, 1885 (Mall-CU). 

 T. inornata Say. Ithaca, Jl 17-Aug 18 (Bdy-CU). 

 T. illinoiensis Robertson. Ithaca, Jl (Bdy-CU). 



Elis Fabricius 



(My sine auctt.) 



(The members of this genus are southern, and are confined in New York to the 

 sandy coastal region. The adults are found on flowers of Compositae and Umbelli- 

 ferae in late summer. The larvae live on white grubs.) 



E. interrupta (Say). SI (Beq) ; LI: Springs, Rosedale, Huntington, Pennequid 

 Barrens, Gardiners I. (Beq). 



E. quinquecincta (Fab.) (sexcincta auctt.). SI (Beq) ; LI: Springs, Wyandanch, 

 Huntington, Long Beach, Gardiners I. (Beq). 



^°^ The North American species of the genus Tiphia in the collection of the Illinois State Natural 

 History Survey. By J. R. Malloch. 111. Nat. Hist. Survey. Bui. 13. 



