Sphecidae 1017 



Aphilanthops Patton 



A. frigidus (Sm.). New Russia, Aug 18 (Bdy-CU) ; Ithaca, Aug (Bdy-CU) ; 

 Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., Jl 1-15, SniHH (Cress) ; McLean, Aug 20-26, 

 1925, SRohinson (Bdy-CU) ; Montgomery, Jl 20, Frost (Bdy-And) ; Inwood, 

 Schott (Beq) ; SI, Aug 15, Ds (Beq) ; LI: Elden, Aug 30, Ds (Beq) ; Bay 

 Shore, Ols, Wyandanch, Schott (Beq). This species provisions its nest with 

 queen ants. 



Tribe CERCERINI 

 EUCERCERIS Cresson 

 E. laticeps Cress. Gloversville, Aug (NYS) ; White Plains, Bno (Beq). 



Cerceris Latreille 



(Wasps of this genus usually burrow in the ground and provision their nests with 

 weevils or buprestids. But at least one species, sometimes if not always, builds in 

 weed stalks.) 



C. alaope Bks. LI: Sea CHff (Bks). 



C. arelate Bks. New Russia, Aug 18, 1912, Bdy CBks-CU) ; Ithaca, Jl 27- Aug 19 

 (Bks-CU). 



C. bicornuta Guer. SI, Jl 1-Aug 19, Ds (Beq) ; LI: Rosedale, Schott (Beq) ; 

 Jamaica, Eng (Beq) ; Flushing (Beq) ; Huntington, Schott (Beq). 



C. chrysippe Bks. Ithaca, Jl 13 (Bdy-CU). 



C. clypeata Dahlb. Johnstown, Aug (NYS) ; Ithaca, Jl 9-Aug 18 (Bdy-CU) ; W. 

 Danby, Aug 15, Summers (Bdy-CU) ; McLean, Aug 31, 1925, SRobinson 

 (Bdy-CU) ; W. Nyack, White Plains (Beq) ; SI, Ds (Cress, Beq) ; LI: Cold 

 Sp. Harb., Jamaica, Huntington, Port Jefferson (Beq) ; Farmingdale, Jl, 

 Morrozv (Bks-CU). 



C. compacta Cress. Elizabethtown, Je, Yg (NYS) ; LI: Gardiners I. (Beq). 



C. compar Cress. Ithaca (Bks) ; Rhinebeck, Jl 27, 1907, Cy (Bks-CU). 



C. dentifrons Cress. Essex Co, Aug; LI: Sea Cliff (Bks). 



C. deserta Say. New Russia, Aug 18, Bdy (Bks-CU) ; Saranac L., Aug 26 (Bks- 

 CU) ; Ithaca, Je 28-Sep 4 (Bdv, Bks-CU) ; White Plains (Beq) ; Chatham, 

 Morse (Bks); SI, Jl, Ds (Beq); LI: Sea Cliff (Bks); Springs (Beq); 

 Gardiners I. (Beq). 



C. fumipennis Say. Albany (NYS); Karner; W. Nyack (Beq); LI: Yaphank, 

 Aug 5, Comstock (Grossbeck} ; Wading R., Eng, Wyandanch, Schott, Yap- 

 hank, Aug, Ds (Beq). 



C. nigrescens Sm. Keene Val. (Beq) ; Manlius, Aug 1-15, SmHH (Bdy-CU) ; 

 Otto, Sep 15-30, Comstock (Bdy-CU) ; Rochester Jet., Je 29, Leon (Bdy-CU) ; 

 Ithaca, Jl 22-Sep (Bdy, Bks-CU) ; Norton's Landing, Cayuga L., Je 1-15, 

 SmHH (Bdy-CU). 



C. nigrituius Bks. Golden, MCV, type. 



C. occipitomaculata Pck. (fidvipediculata Schletterer, fulvipes Cress.). Long L., 

 Aug (NYS) ; Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; Wilmington, Aug 20-25, 1000-2200 ft. 

 (Bks-CU); Cattaraugus, Sep 11 (Bdy-CU). 



C. robertsoni Fox. Ithaca, Jl 16 (Bdy-CU). 



C. Salome Bks. Nyack, NYC, types. 



C. venator Cress. "NY", Angus (Cress, Pck). 



