1018 Sphecidae 



Tribe BEMBICINI 1^7 



(Sand wasps. All build in sand.) 



StiCTIA Illiger 



S. Carolina (Fab.). SI: Watchogue, Aug 10, Ds (JBParker, Ds, Sf). An austral 

 species reaching in SI the extreme northern limit of its known range. Davis 

 states that it occurred in some abundance one season but has not been 

 observed since. The species nests in colonies and provisions its nests with 

 horseflies, but lays its eggs in the empty cell, not bringing in food until the 

 larva has hatched. 



StiCTIELLA Parker 



S. emarginata Cress. Center, Jl, 1870, Ic? (Roh-NYS). 



BiCYRTES Lepeletier 



(These species store their nests with nymphs of Hem.iptera, mostly stinkbugs, filling 

 and sealing the cells, instead of providing daily provender.) 



B. quadrifasciata (Say). New Windsor, Nyack (AM) ; White Plains (Beq) ; SI, 

 Aug (JBParker, Ds) ; LI: Cold Sp. Harb. (Beq). An austral species reach- 

 ing the northern limit of its range in the coastal region of Conn. 



B. ventralis (Say). Wilmington, Aug 20-25 (Bdy-CU) ; Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; 

 White L. (AM) ; L. Waccabuc (AM) ; Manlius; Aug 18-23, SmHH (Cress- 

 CU) ; Castile, EABradlev; Ithaca, Jl 15-Aug 18 (Bdy-CU) ; Norton's Land- 

 ing, Cayuga L., Jl 1-14, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; L. George (AM) ; Rhinebeck, 

 Jl 27, Cy (Bdy-CU) ; Ft. Montgomery, Jl, Ds {JBParker, Ds) ; W. Nyack 

 (Beq) ; White Plains (Beq) ; NYC (AM) ; SI, Jl-Sep (JBParker, Ds) ; LI: 

 Yaphank, Jl, Aqueduct, Sep (JBParker, Ds) ; Farmingdale, Je 17, Morrozv 

 (Bdy-CU) ; Sea Cliff (Bks) ; Jamaica, Flushing (Beq). Extends throughout 

 the Carolinian and Transition zones, northward into Canada. 



Bembex Fabricius 



(The species of Bembex nest in colonies in sand. They feed their larvae from day 

 to day with flies. The tgg is laid on a paralyzed fly.) 



B, pruinosa Fox. Karner, Sep (Bdy-NYS) ; "NY" (Parker). An austral species 

 which probably reaches its northern limit in the coastal district of New York, 

 and such Carolinian islands as the sand hills around Karner. 



B. spinolae Lep. Mt. Whiteface, 2000-4000 ft., Aug 23 (Bdy-CU) ; Norton's 

 Landing, Cayuga L., Jl 1-14, SmHH (Cress-CU) ; Ithaca, Jl 10-Sep 9 

 (Bdy-CU); New Riverside (Bdy-CU); Karner, Jl (Parker, Ds) ; Debruce, 

 Sep (Parker, Ds) ; SI, Aug (Parker, Ds) ; LI: Aqueduct, Wading R., Rocka- 

 way, Je-Sep (Parker, Ds). The commonest species of the genus throughout 

 the greater part of the Austral and especially of the Transition zone, reaching 

 northward into Canada. 



MiCROBEMBEX Patton 



M. monodonta (Say). Karner, Jl (NYS) ; SI, Je-Sep ( Parker, Z).y ) ; LI: Sea 

 Cliff, Bks (Parker-CU). An abundant species of the sea beaches, both 

 Atlantic and Pacific, nesting in white sand, but also found more sparingly 



"'^ A revision of the bembecine wasps of America, north of Mexico. By John Bernard Parker. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1917, 52: 1-155. 



