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MUTILLIDAE SCOLIIDAE FORMICIDAE 995 



M. hexagona Say. LI: Central Pk., Ap 17, female, Eng (Bdy) ; Yaphank, Sep 22, 

 Oct 11, male and female, Eng (Bdy-CU). Known chiefly from the northern 

 Carolinian zone and not from north of LI. 



EphutA Say 



E. puteola (Blake). LI: Yaphank, Sep 24, female, Eng (Bdy). An austral species 

 unknown from north of LI. 



Family SCOLIIDAE 



(The members of this family construct loose cells around the subterranean larvae 

 of Scarabaeidae, paralyzing them and laying their eggs upon them. The species are 

 confined to the warmer parts of the State, and almost exclusively to Long Island and 

 Staten Island.) 



SCOLIA Fabricius 

 S. dubia Say. LI: Flushing (Beq). An austral species. 

 S. nobilitata Fab. SI, Ds (Bdy) ; LI (Bartlett). An austral species, certainly not 



to be found in New York State outside of the SI and LI regions. 

 S. bicincta Fab. L. George, Aug 22, Zab (Bdy-AM) ; Nyack (AM); LI: 



Flatbush, Aug 11, Zab (AM). 



Campsomeris Lepeletier 

 {Elis auctt.) 



C. plumipes (Drury). SI, Ds (Bdy) ; LI: Manhattan Beach, Flushing, Rockaway 



Beach, Wading R. (Beq); Yaphank (Bdy-AM). . 

 C. quadrimaculata (Fab.). West Farms, Angus (AM); SI, Ds (Bdy); LI: 



Riverhead, Ds (Bdy) ; Pennequid Barrens (Beq). 



Family FORMICIDAE 



Compiled by Joseph Bequaert 



SUBFAMILY PONERINAE 



StIGMATOMMA Roger 



S. pallipes (Hald.). Mill Cr., Lewis Co, Not (Beq) ; Ithaca, occasional (Bdy) ; 

 Walhalla, Schott (Beq) ; White Plains, Dt (Beq) ; Ramapo (Beq) ; Bronx- 

 ville (Wheel); Inwood, NYC, Ds (Beq); SI: Arlington, Je (D&B) ; LI: 

 West Hills, Wading R., North Beach, Yaphank, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). This 

 and the following species form very small colonies under stones in woodlands. 



PONERA Latreille 



P. coarctata (Latr.) subsp. pennsylvanica Buck. Thousand Isls. ; Manlius, SniHH 

 (CU) ; Ithaca, common everywhere (Bdy); Bronxville (Wheel); SI: Arro- 

 char, Watchogue, Clove Val., St. George, and many other places (D&B) ; LI: 

 Wyandanch, E. New York, West Hills, Newtown Hgts., Cold Sp. Harb. 

 (D&B). 



SySPHINCTA Roger 



S. pergandei Emery. SI: Arrochar near Old Town Road, Je (D&B). 



