1012 Sphecidae 



(Subgenus Sphex Linnaeus) 

 (Ammophila Kirby) 



S. arvensis (Dahlb.)- Keene Val. (Beq) ; Wilmington; Mt. Marcy (Beq) ; Piseco 

 L. (Fern) ; Elk L. (Fern) ; Long L., L. Pleasant, Stony L, White L., Oswego, 

 Otto, Clifton Sps., Ithaca, L. George (all Fern); Karner ; Oliverea (Beq); 

 Van Cort. Pk. (Fern,Beq) ; SI (Beq); LI: Forest Pk. (Fern) ; Orient (Beq) ; 

 Long Beach (Beq). This species usually goes as urnarins Klug. Present 

 indications are that nmarius and incpta Cress, may be synonyms of arvensis, 

 and that among the above records may be included a second valid species very 

 similar to arvensis, to which none of these names can be properly applied 

 (Fern). May-Sep. 



S. pictipennis (Walsh). Ithaca (Fern) ; SI (Beq) ; LI: Farmington (Fern) ; 

 Rockaway (Beq). v?. extremitata has been included among these records as 

 a probable synonym, but there is a possibility of there really being two species 

 here (Fern). Jl-Oct. 



S. procerus (Dahlb.). Keene Val. (Beq) ; Oliverea (Beq) ; LI: (Fern) ; Wyan- 

 danch (Beq). 



S. aureonotatus (Cam.). Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; Ithaca (Fern) ; Oliverea (Beq) ; 

 LI: Roslyn (Fern) ; Gardiners I., Springs, Cold Sp. Harb. (Beq). Jl-Aug. 

 This species has usually, but incorrectly, been determined as abbreviatus Fab. ; 

 sometimes as gracilis St. Farg. (Fern). 



S. nigricans (Dahlb.). Evidently generally distributed (Fern). Ithaca, Binghamton, 

 Mosholu (Fern); White Plains (Beq); SI (Beq); LI: Cold Sp. (Fern); 

 Jamaica (Fern, Beq) ; Sea Cliff (Fern) ; Orient (Beq). Aug-Oct. 



S. argentatus (Hart). Albany, Je (Fern-NYS) ; Ithaca, Sep (Fern-CU) ; LI: 

 Far Rockaway Beach, Aug, Snn (Fern). 



(Subgenus PODALONIA Spinola) 

 (PsammnphiJa Dahlbom) 



S. violaceipennis (Lep.). Mt. Whiteface, Aug 22-24, New Russia, Aug 18 (Fern) ; 



Keene Val. (Beq) ; Taughannock, Jl 14 (Fern) ; LI: Mastic, Orient (Beq). 

 S. luctuosa (Sm.). Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., SmHH 



(Fern-CU). 



SCELIPHRON Klug 



(These are the well-known mud-daubers, which plaster their clay nests over walls 

 and ceilings, provisioning them with spiders.) 



(Subgenus SCELIPHRON Klug) 



(Pelopaeus Latreille) 



S. coementarium (Dru.). The Black-and-Yellow Mud-Dauber. Common and 

 generally distributed, except possibly in the colder regions of the State. Color 

 forms A, B, C, D, E (nigriventre Costa), and F (coementarium) , are all 

 represented by Ithaca specimens (Bdy-CU). 



(Subgenus Chalybion Dahlbom) 



S. cyaneum Dahlb. The Blue Mud-Dauber. With the foregoing, possibly more 

 restricted to the warmer districts: Otto, Castile, Ithaca (Bdy-CU); Albany, 

 etc.; common on SI and LI (Beq). 



