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Show . tNSECTA· 142 d emarginated or 'd ed an . ediate one, which is larger, Wl en :trong and dentated. the mterm . The mandibles are . a little piece in 'fid t its extremity. 1 brutn 1s . bl a . e Underneath the a b Reaumur m the The clypeus lS larg · to that observed y With the f li ula analogous e ipharynx. the form o a ~ l M Savigny styles the 'P. have three com-b. d wluc 1 .. • • r wmgs Born 1., an f very few spec·l e s ' the su perto s are arme d with an ex-exception. o a. 11 The females and neuter . 1 of them form com-plete cub1tal ce s. sting. SeveJ a 1 owerful and ¥enomous f 'ndividua1s. treme y P d of the three sorts o 1 d enclosed separately · t" es com pose · · f feet an m~~ llarvre are vermiform, dest~tute o the bodies of Insects placed . cee ll where they som etimes h veh ond eposited t t: le eg g ' and some-lnh a by t \1 e mo ther· at the time. S· e of f. 't and animal matters, t•Ul s t. ere h nectar of flowers, JUices . that of the neuters, who tlmes on t e h f the mothel or elaborated in the stomac o feed them da1'1 Y· . . ht a spec1· es f rom the southern pro- M de Saint-Hilaire broug siderable store of honey, . . h asses a con ( ) vinces of Brazil, wh~c am l'ke that of our common Bee l . that is someu· mes polsonous, 1 A first subgenus, CERA:MIUS, Lat. Kliig, . f Monograph by one of our most W hich has been the subject o aKl'' g forms an exception to the celebrated entomologl· s t s, Do'cbt or· n tuh e' superior wings, wh 'l en• are general characters of this tn ; :heir cubital cells, of which there extended, and in the ~~mber oh. the labial palpi are longer than are but two. In addltlOD to t lS, . those of the maxillre. k two of which are from the . e yet nown, f E But four specieS ar . der from the south o U· H and the remam b Cape of Good ope,. h lusitanicus-appears to us to e of these latter-t e rope; one ffi 'ties to Masaris(2). allied by its natural a m h erior wings are folded, and In all the following subgenera t e sup present three comp1 e t e cubital cells. h longer than broad , an d ap · S metimes the mandibles are muc The ligula is nar· o . . h form of a rostrum. . proximated anteriorly m t e . 1 ost cordiform or oval, Wlth the row and el~ngatedd; the ec~pl:us: ~::n~ated. point anter1or an mor (1) Mem. du Mus. d'Hist. Na~. rdre des Crust., des Arach., et deslnsect.,S29i (2) Lat., Consid. Gener. su: leO KlUg, Entom. Monog. 219, e s q. HYMENOPTERA. 143 They are all solitary, and each species consists of males and females. The females provide for their young before they are hatched, and for the whole time that they are to remain in the state of Iarvre. The nests of the latter are usually formed of earth and sometimes hidden in holes of walls, in the ground or old wood, and sometimes exposed on plants. Each of them contains caterpillars or other Iarvre, kil1ed by the sting of the mother, who heaps them up in a circle for the u-se of her descendants. SYNAGRis, Lat. Fab. Where the ligula is divided into four long and plumose threads, without glandular points at their extremity. The mandibles of some males are very large and resemble horns. But few species are known, and all peculiar to Africa(1 ). Eu:MENEs, Lat. Fab. Where the ligula is divided into three pieces, glandular at the extremity, the intermediate one the largest, widened at the end, cordiform, and emarginated or bifid. In some the abdomen is ovoid or conical, and thickest at base. Such are PTEROOHILE, Kliig, Remarkable for very long lips, and maxillre forming a sort of proboscis bent underneath, and also distinguished by the labial palpi, which are bris5led with long hairs, and consist of but three distinct joints(2). 0DYNERus, Lat. To which we may reunite the Rygchif£ of M. Spinola, where these parts of the mouth are much shorter, and where the labial palpi are almost glabrous, with four apparent divisions. The female of a species of this division- Vespa m~raria, I...; Reaum., Mem. VI, xxvi, 1-10-makes a hole in the sand or (1) Synagris cornuta, Lat., Gener. Crust. et Insect., IV, p. 135; Fab., Syst. Piezat.; Drury, Insect., H, xlviii, 3, the male;-Vespa valida, L.;-P: ha:morrlwidalis, Fab. (2) Panz., Hymen., p. 146; Vesp. phaltBrata, Faun. Insect. Germ., XLVII, 21. |