Sphecidae 1009 



Tribe LARRINI 



(The members of this tribe burrow in sandy soil, and provision their nests with 

 Orthoptera. A few small species build nests in brambles.) 



Larra Fabricius 

 L. analis Fab. "NY" (Fox). A southern species. 



NOTOGONIDEA Rohwer 



N. argentata (Pal. de Beauv.). Ithaca, Jl 16 (Bdy-CU). Occurs from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, but chiefly southern. Provisions its nest with crickets. 



N. nigripennis (Fox) (aequalis Fox). "NY", type. 



Larropsis Patton 



L. distincta (Sm.). Ithaca, Aug 9-Sep 12 (Bdy-CU) ; Oliverea, W. Nyack 

 (Beq) ; SI (Beq) ; LI: Springs, Cold Sp. Harb., Huntington, Gardiners I. 

 (Beq); Forest Hills, Sep 11 (Bdy-CU); Wyandanch, Sep 17 (Schott). 



Tachytes Panzer 



T. mandibularis Patton. Ithaca, Jl 14 (Bdy-CU) ; White Plains (Beq) ; SI (Beq) ; 

 LI: Bay Shore, Wyandanch, Rosedale, Schott (Beq). Chiefly austral. 



T. breviventris Cress. Forest Hills, Sep 11 (Bdy-CU). An austral species. 



T. columbiae Fox. Ithaca, Aug 1 (Bdy-CU). An austral species. 



T. propinquus Rohw. Van Cort. Pk. (paratype-Milwaukee Mus.). 



T. calcaratiformis Rohw. Van Cort. Pk. (types-Milwaukee Mus.). 



Tachysphex Kohl 



T. tarsatus (Say). Ithaca, Jl 9-;Sep 21 (Bdy-CU); LI: Orient (Beq). 



T. terminatus (Sm.). Ithaca, Aug-Sep 8 (Bdy-CU) ; Norton's Landing, on Cayuga 

 L., Jl 1-14, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; Union Sps., Sep 20, And (Bdy-CU) ; Tren- 

 ton Falls, SaundersWW (F.Sm-Brit. Mus.) ; Rochester Jet., Je 16, Leon 

 (Bdy-CU) ; LI: Pennequid Barrens, Orient (Beq). Provisions its nest with 

 small and medium-sized nymphs of grasshoppers, especially of Syrbula ad- 

 mirabilis Uhl., according to the Raus. 



Tribe DINETINI 

 (The habits of these species are similar to those of the preceding tribe.) 



SiLAON Piccioli 

 S. niger Roh. LI: Yaphank, Ds (Beq). Nests in elder stems according to the Raus. 



SOLIERELLA Splnola 

 S. plenoculoides (Fox) (Niteliopsis). "NY", type. 



