Sphecidae 1011 



(Subgenus Chlorion Latreille) 



C. cyaneum Dahlbom subsp. aerarium Patt. SI, Jl, Ds (Beq) ; Lrl: Flatbush, Aug 2, 

 Zab (Bdy-AM) ; Wading R., Ds (Beq) ; Cold Sp. Harb, Jamaica, Ds (Beq). 



(Subgenus Palmodes Kohl) 

 C. dimidiata (DeG.) (abdominalis Cress.) . Ludlowville (Fern). An austral species. 



(Subgenus Priononyx Dahlbom) 



C. atratum (Lep.). Dansville, Sep 10 (Fern-CU) ; Cattaraugus, Sep 11 (Bdy-CU) ; 

 New Baltimore, Nyack (AM) ; West Farms, Angus (Fern) ; SI, Jl 29, Ds 

 (Beq) ; LI: Gardiners I. (Beq) ; Cold Sp. Harb., Fishers I. (AM) ; Southold, 

 Sep 6, Ds (Beq). Common and generally distributed over the US from Me. 

 and Canada southward and westward. 



C. bifoveolatum (Tasch.). Ithaca, Je-Jl (Fern-CU); SI (Beq); LI: Flushing 

 (AM) ; Rockaway, Ds (Beq) ; Sea CHff (Fern-CU) ; Orient (Beq).' A widely 

 distributed common southern species, extending northward well into NY and 

 Mass. 



(Subgenus ISODONTIA Patton) 



C. macrocephala (Fox) {astecum [Sauss.]). Manhattan I., Sep 2, Ds (Beq); LI: 



Flatbush, Jl 30, Zah, Yaphank, Jl 12 (Bridwell-AM). A scarce austral species, 



not known from north of LI, 

 C. auripes Fernald. New Baltimore, NYC (Bridwell-AM) ; White Plains (Beq) ; 



Nyack, West Farms, Angus (Fern) ; SI (Beq); LI: Flatbush, Cold Sp. Harb. 



(Bridwell-AM). A rather common austral species, not known from north of 



the Catskills. 

 C. harrisii Fern. Ogdensburg, White L. (Bridwell-AM) ; Rochester Jet., Jl 4, 



Leon (Bdy-CU) ; Long L., Aug, Felt (NYS) ; Canandaigua L., Jl, Karner, 



Je, Felt (NYS) ; L. George (Fern) ; Ithaca, Jl 22 (CU), Jl 19, 1887 (Fern) ; 



White Plains (Beq) ; New Baltimore, Nyack, West Farms (Bridwell-AM) ; 



LI: Flatbush, Cold Sp. Harb. (Bridwell-AM) ; Flatbush, Cold Sp. Harb., 



Orient, Gardiners I., Wyandanch (Beq). 



(Subgenus Ammobia Billberg) 



C. icheumoneum (L.). Keene Val. (Beq) ; New Russia, Aug 18 {Bdy-CU) ; Al- 

 bany, Jl, Felt (NYS) ; New Baltimore, Crugers, L. George, Nyack, Carmel, 

 West Farms, Mosholu (AM) ; White Plains (Beq) ; SI, Jl-Aug, Ds (Beq) ; 

 LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Flushing (AM) ; Fishers I. (NYS) ; Springs, Jamaica, 

 Rosedale, Orient, Gardiners I. (Beq). Distributed over nearly the entire US, 

 from Canada southward and also over North America. More abundant in the 

 Austral zone and scarce in the Transition zone. 



C. pennsylvanicum (L.). Karner, Sep, Felt (NYS) ; Ramapo Mts., West Farms, 

 Mosholu (AM) ; SI: Rossville, Ds (Beq) ; LI: Fishers I. (AM) ; Gardiners 

 L, Aqueduct, Flushing (Beq). 



Sphex Linnaeus 



(The members of this genus are common flying along roads, paths, and bare ground, 

 in which they nest. They store their burrows with caterpillars. The habit of some 

 of using a pebble as a mallet for pounding down the soil on their burrows, has drawn 

 widespread attention to them.) 



