1006 Vespidae 



O. dorsalis (Fab.). White Plains: Inwood, NYC, Jl, Schott; LI: Brooklyn, Eng ; 

 Canarsie, Wiegmann; Sands Pt., Ds; Flatbush, Eng; Jamaica, Schott. 



O. foraminatus Sauss. Potsdam; Peru; New Russia; Manlius, SmHH; Catta- 

 raugus; Spring Lake; Ithaca, McLean, Bdy; Spencer; Norton's Landing, 

 Cayuga L., SmHH ; Ft. Montgomery, Schott ; White Plains ; W. Nyack ; 

 Inwood, ^YC, Schott; SI: Great Kill, Ds; Tottenville ; LI: Flushing; Gar- 

 diners I. ; Mastic ; Aqueduct, Ds ; Yaphank, Wading R., Ds ; Orient ; Cold Sp. 

 Harb. 



O. hidalgi Sauss. LI: Orient Pt. ; Cold Sp. Harb. 



O. leucomelas Sauss. Caroline to Harford; Coy Glen, Ithaca, Je, Ds; White Plains. 



O. megaera Lep. SI: Clove Val., Ds. 



(Subgenus Stenodynerus Saussure) 

 O. anormis (Say). Manlius, SmHH; Cattaraugus; Ithaca; LI: Wyandanch, Schott. 

 O. conformis Sauss. NY, according to H. de Saussure. Unknown to me (Beq). 

 O. illinoensis Robertson. Ithaca; West Pt., Ds; White Plains. 

 O. pedestris Sauss. Peru ; Manlius, SmHH ; Ithaca ; Nyack, Ft. Montgomery, Ds ; 



W. Hebron, Ds; White Plains; SI, Ds; LI: Gardiners I.; Cold Sp. Harb.; 



Central Pk. ; Orient ; Flushing, Eng. 

 O. pennsylvanicus Sauss. NY, according to H. de Saussure. Unknown to me 



(Beq). 

 O. perennis Sauss. NY, according to H. de Saussure. Unknown to me (Beq). 

 O. vagus Sauss. NY, according to H. de Saussure. I have seen it from N.J. and 



Vt. (Beq). 

 O. zendaloides Robertson. LI: Mastic, Nichols; Cold Sp. Harb., Ds. 



(Subgenus uncertain) I 



O. mohicanus Sauss. Described from NY by de Saussure. Unknown to me (Beq). 



SUBFAMILY POLISTINAE 



POLISTES Latreille 



P. canadensis (L.) var. annularis (L.). Ft. Montgomery, Schott; Hillburn, Schott. 

 A specimen was taken years ago by Ds on SI, but I have never seen this 

 species near NYC (Beq). 



P. pallipes Lep. (metricus Say, variatus Say). Keene Val., Castile, EABradley; 

 Taughannock, Guerlac, Bdy ; Ithaca, abundant, Bdv ; Oliverea ; Yorktown 

 Hgts., Ols; Southfields, Schott; W. Nyack; NYC; SI; LI: Orient Pt. ; Gar- 

 diners I. ; Wyandanch, Little Neck, Schott ; Mastic, Nichols ; Bay Shore, 

 Kissena Pk., Ols. 



SUBFAMILY VESPINAE 



Vespa Linnaeus 



(Subgenus Vespa Linnaeus) 



V. crabro L. European Hornet. Rye, Felt; Poughkeepsie ; Nyack; W. Nyack; 

 White Plains, Bno; Mahopac; Brewster; Yonkers ; West Farms, Edw; Van 

 Cort. Pk. ; SI, Ds- LI: Brooklyn; Jamaica; Flatbush; Flushing; Bay Shore; 

 Mineola; Far Rockaway. Introduced from Europe; gnaws twigs of various 



