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Show INSECTA· The anterior 138 ved scutellutn·. d(l). In sents a kind of false,. ~ulcated ~rh;: the last joint Inflate tars.l are frequent\ y clhated an CRABRO, Fab. . ceives the first 11 and lt re ·ogle close d cubital ce. ' te .m a b"1f id point. Th•e There is but a Sl d"bles term1na 1. htly serrated m • the roan 1 ·r m or- s Ig . . recurrt!nt nervure, d filiform, fusl or 1• the ligula ls entue. antennre are ge nicu.l ate anh ort and almos t equa 'd -very brl. lh. ant. some. Their palp1 arels golden or silvery, ant owel-like dilatation · f equent Y lette or r . The clypeus lS r arkable for ~h~ pa f the first joint of thm Some males are re~ ) f the tlblre, or o br a sieve 0 (even resem mg . . s her larvre with a anterior ll'e et. cies-cibar•~ us-prons1ofne ed them with D'I p· The female. of one ~~ee Oak. Those of othe:s lay their eggs(2). p ralis that hves on . he holes where th y y h' h they amass In t tera, w 1c STIGMUS, Jur. 1 eness of the thick or f the arg . thus named rom . d which forms a ht· These Insects are 'b of the superior Wl~gs, anll the first of which · t of the r1 d b1tal ce s, callous P010 'fh ha-ve two close cu are not geniculate, k t ey Th antennre tle blac s.p o s. a recu I·rent nervure. te d an d 1·n the form of a re· alone recel~e. t being slightly elonga e d d terminated by two or their first JOlD d' bles are arcuate an The man 1 -versed cone. re strong and bi· three teeth(S). dibles, at least in the females, ;ote at base. There, the man ' d The antennre are re dentate d on the inner s1 e. F b Cernonus, Jur. p MPHREDON, Lat. a .- A "le cubital cells, and another \ete sess1 , . h e are two comp ' d f the w1ng. Where t er 1 d by the posterior e ge o 'th Aphides(4). imperfect one c ose . lor-feeds its larvre Wl One species-the umco MELLINUS, Fab. Jur. lete cubital cells, Where there are three comp , (l) Lat., lbid., 88. 12) Lat., Ibid., 80. 84 \( 3) Lat., Ge n. Crust. et Insect., IV, . t4) Lat., lb'1d . , 83 ' divis. I and II. all sess1·1 e, and fre· HYMENOPTERA. 139 quently the beginning of a fourth, which does not however reach the extremity of the wing; the first and the third receive, each, a recurrent nervure. The abdomen is narrowed in the manner of a pedicle widened at its base. The tarsi are terminated by a large pellet( 1 ). In ALYSON, Jur.-Pompilus, Fab. We also perceive three complete cubital cells; but the second is petiolate, and receives the two recurrent nervures. The base of the abdomen is not particularly narrowed. The terminal pellet of the tarsi is small(2). The remaining Crabronites have their antennre inserted higher or near the middle of the anterior face of the head; they are usually thickest at the extremity, or even clavate. They all have three complete cubital cells, and two recurrent nervures. These Insects are connected by various characters with those of the following family. Sometimes the clypeus is almost square. The abdomen is borne on an abrupt, long pedicle, formed by the first ring. The mandibles terminate by two teeth. PsEN, Lat. Jur.-Trypoxylon, Pelopmus, Fab.(3) Sometimes the clypeus is as if trilobate. The first ring of the abdomen is at most narrowed in the manner of a knot. The mandibles terminate in a simple point. The eyes ate frequently somewhat emarginated. These Insects form the genus PHILANTHus, Fab. The females make their nests in sand, and bury the bodies of Bees, Andrenetre, and even Cucurlionites, for the nourishment of their larvre. Other entomologists restrict this generic appellation to those sp~cies in which the antennre are remote and abruptly inflated, in Which the mandibles exhibit no pt·ojection on the inner side, and where all the cubital cells are sessile. (1) Lat., Ibid., 85. (2) Lat., lbid., 86. (3) Lat., Gen. Crust. et Insect., IV, 91. |