The Pompili inhabit sandy situations exposed to the sun ; 

 and we learn from Latreille that they bury a spider or cater- 

 pillar in a cell formed in such places, and close the aperture, 

 having previously laid an egg, which is nourished when 

 hatched by the insect inclosed with it. 



The Pompili (as the same author observes) are very active, 

 they are continually flying from one place to another ; they 

 run also very rapidly, and often vibrate their wings and an- 

 tennae. The reader will be amused by referring to Kirby and 

 Spence, vol. i. p. 339 or 344. 



The following is the best list that has appeared of our native 

 species, but there are probably eight or ten more unnamed : 

 those with * have never before been recorded as British. 



1. fuscus Fab. — Panz. 65. 15. — June; common everywhere. 



2. gibbus Lhin. — Panz. 77. 13. — June to end of Aug. ditto. 



3. exaltatus Fab. — Panz. 86. 10. — June to b. Aug. : sandy 



paths amongst heath. 



4. viaticus Fab. — Panz. 65. 16. — June to b. Sept.: sandy 



places, and amongst heath and rushes. 



*5. pulcher Fab. — Coq. t. \2.f. 8. — m. Aug. : gravelly paths, 

 Ramsdown, Hants, discovered by the Honourable 

 C. A. Harris. 



*6. riigex Fab. — Panz. 71. 19. — e. Aug., Sept.: Braunton- 

 burrows, Devon, and Isle of Wight. 

 7. hircanus Fab. — Panz. 87. 21. — m. May : Coomb Wood. 



*8. rufipes Linn. — Panz. 65. 17. — This very distinct and 

 handsome species has been added to our Fauna by the 

 Honourable Charles A. Harris, who took it at Rams- 

 down near Heron Court, Hampshire ; and having 

 kindly presented me with specimens, and taken me to 

 the spot where they were found, I had the pleasure of 

 capturing the beautiful variety of the female repre- 

 sented in the plate. 



*9. bipunctatus i^aZ». — Panz. 72. 8. — tripunctatus ? Coq. t. 3. 

 f. 10. — In the British Museum. 



10. annulatus Fab. — Panz. 76. 16. — Sa7n. Ent. Comp. p. 274. 

 *11. punctum Fab. — Panz. 86. 12. 



The pretty plant figured, Chironia Centaurium (Common 

 Centaury), was in flower at the time the insect was taken. 



