198 Rev. Mr. KirbyV Account of the Ammophlla, 



think, evident to every one who confults De Geer's figure of that 

 infea {!). indeed that author defcribcs the roftrum 'as havino- a 

 different direction from that which is mentioned above (i) a °id 

 which is obiervable in all my fpecies of Ammophila .- yet fince he could 

 have no opportunity of examining a recent fpecimen, (this infecT: 

 being a native of South America,) he might very eafily have been raff- 

 led in this point ; for the roftrum readily affbmes and retains a direc- 

 tion outwards, although its natural poiition when at reft is inwards 

 It is fingular that lb attentive and accurate an obferver (hould 

 have entirely overlooked this confpicuous part in Sphe x Jabukfa, 

 efpec.ally as ,t had not eicaped the notice of Linn^us. ' 



I have given this genus the name of AmmofMa, 'becaufe thofe 

 fpeccs w,th which I am acquainted frequent fandy banks, particu! 

 larly fuch as are expofed to the fun. l 



This is nearly allied to feveral genera. The Sphocfabuhra one 

 would take at firft fight for an Ichneumon, and Geoffrey (Oh*, ankeH 

 ,t under that genus. It has the antenna, fierce port id IT" 

 of *fa: its bifid tongue connects it witn Kfp a an I JeTnS 

 direction and form of the valves of its roftrum givelt ^ ^1 

 with a large number o( Ape, On this account I w uld ^ ! 

 between the two latter genera. P ' 



Linnaeus, in an admirable «h&& '$*&* laf^, ve , efa . 

 Ma, cut antm al ta ? whlch I have fee „ at th£ £nd of £ ■ &* 



his Syjlema Nature, under the article Genus, l ays down the cL „ 

 nenuraKs as aneceffary part of it ; although he L £ g ven « 

 caters » his Genera Plmtarum . Fabridus £ J *££££ 



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 (*) Mem. XII. p. 7 6i. 

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