Sphecidae — Hylaeidae 1021 



S. harringtonii Fox. New Russia, Aug 18 (Bdy-CU). 



S. impressifrons Sm. New Russia, Aug 18, Ithaca, Jl 9-Aug 27 (Bdy-CU) ; LI: 



E. New York, Schott (Beq). 

 S. nigricornis (Prov.). Ithaca, Je 22, McLean Bogs, May 29 (Bdy-CU); LI: 



Gardiner s I. (Beq). 

 S. ater (Cress.). McLean, Aug 19-31, Sib, SRobinson (Bdy-CU). 

 S. pedicellatus Pck. Otto (Bdy-CU) ; Ithaca, Je 27-Jl 22 (Bdy-CU) ; Albany, 



May, Nort, West Farms, Angus (Pck) ; W. Nyack (Beq) ; SI (Beq). Ithaca 



specimens bred from nest in a hollow stem. The Peckhams say they build in 



old stumps, provisioning with Chironomus. 



AnaCRABRO Packard 



A. ocellatus Pck. Ithaca, Jl 21 (Bdy-CU) ; Taughannock, Jl 21 (Bdy-CU) ; 

 Karner, Kenwood, Albany, Jl (NYS) ; Bear Mt., Je 2, Schott (Roh) ; SI, 

 Je 30, Ds (Ashm, Beq) ; LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Pennequid Barrens (Beq). 

 Builds in sand banks, and provisions its nest with the plant-bug Lygus pra- 

 tcnsis (L.). 



Tribe OXYBELINI 



OXYBELUS Latreille 



O. quadrinotatus Say. Old Forge, Jl (NYS) ; Ithaca, Aug 10, Comstock, found 

 nesting in sandy place, the cells provisioned with flies, from two to four inches 

 below surface (Bdy-CU) ; McLean, Jl 18 (Bdy-CU) ; Manlius, Aug 15, 

 SniHH (Cress-CU); Dublin (Pck); Karner, Jl, Rensselaer, Jl (NYS). 

 Common. Nests in sandy places, using flies for provender, which it transports 

 by impaling them on its sting. 



Family HYLAEIDAE i^s 



{Prosopidae) 



Compiled by M. D. Leonard 



SUBFAMILY COLLETINAE 



COLLETES Latreille 



(The members of this genus build characteristic nests in the ground, often in colonies.) 



C. americanus Cress. Ithaca, Jl-Aug (Rich-CU) ; New Baltimore (Schw) ; Nyack 



(Schw) ; Tappan, Oct (Schw) ; Mosholu, Sep (Schw) ; Bryn Mawr Pk., 



Sep (Schw) ; LI: Pine I., Sep (Schw). 

 C. armatus Patt. "NY" (Patt-AES), type; Hague, Sep (Schw); L. George, Aug 



(Schw) ; Forest Lawn, Sep (Schw) ; White L., Sep (Schw) ; Mosholu, Sep 



(Schw) ; Nyack (Schw) ; LL 

 C. compactus Cress. Tomkins Cove, Sep (Schw) ; Nyack, Mosholu, Suffern, Sep, 



Ramapo, Van Cort. Pk., Sep (all Schw); LI: Flatbush, Sep, Pine I., Sep 



(Schw). 



"s The list of bees, with the exception of Bombidae, has been compiled from literature and from 

 material which has been determined in the Cornell collection by E. A. Richmond and others. 

 H. E. Schwarz has contributed records of CoUetes and Hylaeus. The editors are under obligations 

 to Miss Grace Sandhouse, and especially to T. D. A. Cockerell, for assistance and suggestions as 

 to synonymy, etc., and for additional records. H. L. Viereck has compiled the list of the genus 

 Andrena. 



