﻿14 
  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  Pelopoeus 
  javanus. 
  

  

  Wallace 
  states 
  {Jour. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  Zoo/. 
  XL, 
  p. 
  296) 
  that 
  

  

  this 
  species 
  enters 
  houses 
  where 
  it 
  constructs 
  small 
  earthen 
  

  

  cells, 
  which 
  it 
  stores 
  with 
  paralysed 
  spiders 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  its 
  

  

  young. 
  According 
  to 
  Maurice 
  Maindron 
  {Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

  

  Fr. 
  1878, 
  p. 
  390) 
  the 
  largest 
  nests 
  are 
  7 
  centimetres 
  long 
  

  

  by 
  5 
  in 
  breadth 
  ; 
  contain 
  five 
  cells 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  treaded 
  

  

  mud, 
  almost 
  black 
  in 
  colour, 
  but 
  covered 
  in 
  parts 
  by 
  a 
  layer 
  

  

  ■of 
  white 
  earth. 
  The 
  largest 
  and 
  external 
  cell 
  is 
  incomplete 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  formed 
  of 
  a 
  whiter 
  earth 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  In 
  form 
  

  

  the 
  nests 
  are 
  irregular 
  and 
  arched 
  ; 
  and 
  Wallace 
  (/. 
  c.) 
  

  

  mentions 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  plastered 
  over 
  with 
  mud 
  in 
  an 
  

  

  irregular 
  manner, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  shape 
  is 
  completely 
  hidden. 
  

  

  The 
  cocoon 
  is 
  /» 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  delicate 
  

  

  brown 
  colour. 
  

  

  P. 
  COROMANDELICUS. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  frequently 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  

   metanotum 
  without 
  the 
  reddish 
  spot. 
  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  

   reddish 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   The 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   finely 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  but 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  strongly 
  as 
  

   the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  narrowed 
  above 
  

   compared 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  is 
  broad 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  

   length 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  a 
  little 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Sphex. 
  

  

  SplieXy 
  Fabricius, 
  Ent. 
  Syst. 
  II., 
  p. 
  198. 
  

  

  Chlorion, 
  Latreille, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Crust, 
  et 
  Ins. 
  IV., 
  p. 
  57 
  

   {partini). 
  

  

  Pronceus, 
  Latreille, 
  loc. 
  cit. 
  IV., 
  p. 
  56 
  ; 
  Saunders, 
  Trans. 
  

   Ent. 
  Soc. 
  III., 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  Priononyx, 
  Dahlbom, 
  Hyni. 
  Ent. 
  I., 
  p. 
  28. 
  

  

  Harpactoptis, 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hym. 
  Ins. 
  IV., 
  p. 
  264. 
  

  

  