400 ATTEMPTED DIVISION OF BRITISH INSECTS. 



Scholiites ; ocelli three, distinct ; wings alike in both sexes ; legs 

 short but slender, and without spines ; female with a sting. 

 Solitary ; female inhabits walls, palings, and posts ; male settles 

 on umbellate flowers. ( Thynnus, Polochrum), Sapyga. 



Natural Order. — Pompilites. 



Larva and pupa as in Scholiites, the food of the former consisting 

 frequently of spiders provided by its parent. Imago, with an- 

 tenna? composed of about thirteen joints, more long and slender 

 than in the two preceding orders, attenuated exteriorly, and 

 mostly recurved ; mandibles long, dentate at the apex ; labium 

 short, with its ligula short and trilobed ; ocelli three, distinct ; 

 wings alike in both sexes ; legs long, spiny ; female armed with 

 a sting ; inhabits all sunny banks in sandy situations, running 

 with great activity, and continually vibrating its antennae and 

 wings ; feeds on insects. Ceropales, Pompilus, (Planiceps.) 

 Aporus. 



Natural Order. — Sphecites. 



Larva and pupa as in Scholiites, the food differing only in the kind 

 of insect provided. Imago, with the antennae composed of 

 thirteen joints, short and recurved in both sexes ; mandibles very 

 long, acute ; maxillae very long, obtuse at the apex of their 

 lacinia ; labium, with its ligula, elongate, bifid, and flexible ; 

 ocelli three ; podeon elongate and very slender, whereas in the 

 three preceding orders it is very short ; legs long. Inhabits sandy 

 situations, flying heavily, but running with agility, and feeding 

 on insects. (Dolichurus, Pelopceus,) Ammophila, (Sphex). 



Natural Order. — Larrites. 



Larva and pupa as in the Scholiites, the former frequently feeding on 

 Cimicites, provided for it by its parent. Imago, with antennae 

 composed of thirteen joints, shorter in the females than the males, 

 and often incrassated exteriorly ; mandibles less elongate than in 

 the Sphecites, and bifid at the apex ; maxillae very obtuse ; 

 labium short, its ligula short, obtuse, and bilobed ; ocelli three ; 

 podeon generally short and indistinct ; legs moderately long. 

 Inhabits sandy situations, occasionally umbellate flowers ; is fond 

 of settling on stones, leaves, &c. ; feeds on insects. Gorytes, 

 Psen, Larra, Lyrops, Dinetus, Trypoxylon, Oxybelus. 



(Natural Order. — Bembecites. 



Larva and pupa as in the Scholiites, the food provided for 

 the larva consisting of Syrphina and Muscina. Imago, with 



