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hmata, p. 106, Calabria; funerea, p. 108, Sicily; brutia, p. 109, Calabria;
variolosa, Benevento, geneana, Sardinia, p. 111.
Crabronides.
The economy of Trypoxylon is discussed by Ritsema (Tijdschr. Ent. 2nd
ser. Deel v. p. 183).
Crabro affinis, Wesm, =pubescens, Shuck.; C. melanarius, Wesm, = carbonarius,
Dbm.; C. ambiguus, Dbm. (§ = capito, Dbm.), = gonager, St.-
Farg.; C. vicinus, Dhm.,=podagricus, v. d. Lind.; C. transversalis, Dbm.
[? Shuck.],=anxius, Wesm.; C. patellatus, T)bm..,=peltarius (Schreb.) ; C.
pterotus, Dbm,—seuteUatus (Scheven); C. interruptus, Dbm,=4-cmcte (F.):
Thorns. I. c. pp. 156 et seq.
Oxybelus mucronatus (Dbm. nee Fab, = 14-notatus, Dbm. nee Jurine) is renamed
aeuleatus, Thorns, ibid. p. 177; O. 3-spinosus, Dbm, =nigripes (01.) ;
O. bellus and nigrieornis, Dbm, = $ fasciatus, Dbm. [cf. Smith, Cat. Brit.
Foss. p. 166]; O. simplex and continuus, Dbm,=dubius, Dbm., of which O.
nigripes, Dbm, is the §; O.furcatus, St. F.,=mucronatus (F.); O. heemorrhoidalis,
jybm., = 3-spinosus (F.) : Thorns, ibid.
Diodontus medius and D. tristis [? v. d. L.], Dhm.,=dahlbomi, Morav.; D.
pallipes, Dbm,= tristis, v. d. L.: Thorns. I. c. p. 236.
Passalcecus insignis, Dbm. [? v. d. h.],=brevicornis, Morav.; P. borealis,
Dbm,=turionum, Dbm.; P. singularis, Dbm,=gracilis (auct.) [? Curtis] :
Thorns. /. c. p. 237 et seq.
Crabro inermis, p. 162, mucronatus, p. 167, cavifrons and planifrons, p. 173,
spp. nn.: Thomson, I. c.
Pemphredon podagricus, sp. n, Chevrier, Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 268,
Nyon, Switz.; P. carinatus and P. clypealis, spp. nn. Thorns. 1. c. p. 236,
Sweden.
Cemonus strigatus, sp. n, Chevrier, I. c. p. 269, Switzerland.
Psen distinctus, sp. n, Chevrier, I. c. p. 269, Nyon.
Nyssonides.
Stizus speeiosus, Drury, is stated by Bryant (Am. Ent. ii. p. 87, fig. 57) to
act as a " horse-guard," by playing round horses and catching flies attracted
to them. An editorial note (ibid.) suggests an error in this, as Stizus provisions
its nest with grasshoppers, and hints that a Bembex, coloured like the
species above named, is most likely intended by Bryant, as the insects of that
genus store their nests with Athericidce. The habits of S. grandis (Say) are
referred to, ibid. i. p. 8, f. 3.
Nysson interruptus, Dbm. [? necF.] = shuckardi, Wesm.; N. omissus, Dbm.,
= maculatus,