1016 Sphecidae 



Nysson Latreille 



(Subgenus Nysson Latreille) 



N. aequalis Patt. W. Nyack (Beq) ; SI (Beq). 



N. daeckei Vier. LI: Pennequid Barrens (Beq). 



N. lateralis Pck. Poughkeepsie, Jl (NYS). 



N. plagiatus Cress. SI (Beq); LI: Flatbush, Eng, Springs (Beq); Gardiners I. 

 (Beq). 



(Subgenus Brachystegus Costa) 



N. opulentus Gerst. "NY" (Cress, Fox). 



Sphecius Dahlbom 



S. speciosus (Dru.)- The Cicada Killer. Albany (Felt-NYS) ; Karner, Aug 

 (NYS) ; Kinderhook, Aug 26 (Bdy-CU) ; Tarrytown, Pine J A (Lint-NYS) ; 

 SI, numerous (Ds) ; LI: Roslyn, Bks (Bdy-CU); Flatbush, Gardiners I. 

 (Beq) ; Sea Cliff (Bks). An austral form, not likely to be found elsewhere in 

 the State than LI and the lower Hudson Val. and such an austral station as 

 the sand hills around Karner. Nests in sandy soil and provisions its nest with 

 cicadas. 



Tribe PHILANTHINI 



PhilantHUS Fabricius 

 (These wasps burrow in the ground, provisioning their nests with bees.) 



P. albifrons Cress. SI, Aug 9, Ds (Beq). 



P. bilunatus Cress. Saranac Inn, Aug (NYS) ; Keene Val. (Beq) ; Rochester Jet., 

 Jl 7, Leon (Bdy-CU) ; Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., Jl 1-15, SmHH (Cress- 

 CU) ; New Baltimore, Zab (Bks-AM) ; W. Nyack (Beq); SI (Beq). 



P. consimilis Bks. Boston, MCV, types. 



P. gibbosus (Fab.) (ptinctatus Sav). Niagara Falls, Aug 17, Ds (Beq) ; Ithaca, 

 Jl 5-Oct 27 (Bdy, Bks-CUJ ; Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., Jl 10, SmHH 

 (Cress) ; New Baltimore (Bks-AM) ; Ft. Montgomery, Jl, Ds, Schott (Beq) ; 

 W. Nyack (Beq) ; White Plains (Beq) ; Van Cort. Pk., Jl 20 (Bdy-CU) ; 

 SI, Jl 4, Ds (Beq); LI: Sea Cliff, Bks (Beq); Orient (Beq); Flatbush, 

 Fishers I. (Bks-AM) ; Gardiners I. (Beq) ; Farmingdale, Jl 15, Morrow 

 (Bdy-CU). Provisions its nests with species of Halictus. 



P. lepidus Cress. Aurora (E. Aurora?), Jl 21, Zah (Bks-AM). 



P. politus Say. Karner, Jl (NYS). 



P. sanborni Cress. Ft. Montgomery, Schott (Beq) ; LI: Forest Lawn, Jl 27, Zah 

 (Bks-AM). 



P. solivagus Say. New Russia, Aug 18 {Bdy-Cl]) ; Keene Val. (Beq) ; Ithaca, 

 Aug 8-31 (Bdy-CU) ; Cattaraugus, Sep 11 (Bdy-CU) ; Enfield Falls (Bdy- 

 CU) ; Binghamton, Sep 5, Ellszvorth (Bdv-CU) ; L. George, Zab (Bks-AM) ; 

 White Plains (Beq); SI (Beq); LI: Fishers L, Zab (Bks-AM); Gardiners 

 I. (Beq) ; Orient (Beq). 



P. vertilabris Fab. Nyack, Zab (Bks-AM). Provisions its nest with several 

 species of bees. 



