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Show 140 lNSE.C'fA, They are the tl'ue Philanthi, or PHII.ANTHUS, Lat.-Simblephilus, Jur.( 1) 1 . · · · ted much longer than hose ' m wh1ch the antennre are 1a pprmht. 1m· a er •s ide of the mandi· the head and gradually enlarge; w 1ere t e 1nn bl ' · f · · d tile second cubital cell is es presents a dentl arm proJecuon, an petiolate, form the subgenus CEnoJ·iRIS, Lat.-Philanthus, Jur.(2) FAMILY III. DIPLOPTERA. The third family of the Aculeata is the only one of that section, in which with but few exceptions ( Ceramius), we find the superior wings folded longitudinally. The antenn:e are usually geniculate and clavate, or thickest at the end. The eyes are emarginated. The prothorax is prolonged behind, on each side, to the origin of the wings. In the supe· rior of the latter organs are three or two closed cubital cells, . the second of which receives the two recurrent nervures. The body is glabrous or nearly so, and black, more or less maculated with yellow or fulvous. Many of these Insects form temporary communities com· posed of three sorts of individuals, males, females, and neuters or mules. Such of the females as survive the severity of the winter commence the nest and take care ot' the larvre. They are subsequently assisted by the neuters. We will divide the Diploptera into two tribes. (1) Lat., Ibid., 95. The genus Trachypus, Kllig, differs butlittlefromthisone. The first ring of the abdomen is proportionally more elongated, narrower, and almost forms 11 pedicle, as in Psen. (2) Lat., Ibid., 93. In the Ann. d' Agt•~cult., LUI., Bose has published aome observations on the habits of certain species of this subgenus. 11YMENOPT~RA. Th t ·141 genus e ype of the first, that of th e M ASARIDEs, Lat., is the MASARis, Fab. ~T· ohl· ~et sa: ntennre at the first gl ance seem t b the eighth, with the followin o e composed of but eight Tmhd isrtw ctly articulated c. 1u b, rounded go ro nes, fobr ming an a1 m ost . e Jgula is terminated by two th ve~y o tuse at the end. mto a tube formed by 't b reads whtch can be withd c II . h ' s ase. There are b rawn e s m t e superioJ• wings. The 'ddl f ut two complete cubital the clypeus is emarginated and ~~ e o the anterior margin of receives the labrum in the notch. MAsARis, proper. Where the antennre are rather 1 and have theit• first joint el onger than the head and thor conical club rounded at the oe:~~te~:nd the eig~th forming an ~: e abdomen Is long( 1 ). CLEONITES ' L at.-M asan.s , Fab. Jur. ':"here the antenn::e are har thetr two first joints much h dly longer than the head and h following ones for . s orter than the third and th ' . h ave 1 dl mmg an almost 1 b I ' e eig th and laAr y lo.n ger than the th orax ( 2 ) • go u ar body. The abdo men 1. s int spedc'i es figured in th e great work E erme tate subgenus. on gypt appears to form an The second tribe of th n· ' is composed of the genus e Iploptera, that of the VESPARIJE, VESPA, Lin. Where the antenn::e al ::l:a~e~~e:':i~ate inw::•el~:~:,:~:~:::~:d dist;~t joi~ts in the in the fern o e extremity: they are alw ' an . sometimes-in ~ ales and neuters. Th I' . ays gemculate at 1 lOUr plumose ftl e tgula Is som f ..' east points at the endaments, and sometimes bilobate e '.~e~ dlVlded into 'one on each lateral lobe d wit lOUr glandular , an the remaining t wo on (1) Lat., Gener. Crust e (2) Lat Ib'd • t Insect •• IV 144 ., 1 ., 144. ' . |
