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Jules' Bembex is frequent in the sandy soil 

 of Les Angles, round about Avignon and on 

 the hill at Orange. 



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AMMOPHILA JULII.— H. Fab. 



Length, i6 to 22 millimetres.^ Abdominal 

 petiole consisting of the first segment and 

 half the second. Third cubital narrowed 

 towards the radial. Head, black, with sil- 

 very down on the face. Antennae, black. 

 Thorax, black, with transverse stripes on its 

 three segments, darker on the prothorax and 

 the mesothorax. Two patches on the sides 

 and one behind either side of the metathorax, 

 covered with silvery down. Abdomen, bare 

 and shiny. First segment, black. Second 

 segment, red in the part narrowed into a 

 petiole and in the widened part. Third seg- 

 ment, all red. The others, a beautiful, 

 metallic indigo-blue. Legs, black, with sil- 

 very down on the hips. Wings, slightly red- 

 dish. Builds her nest in October and stocks 

 each cell with two medium-sized caterpillars. 

 Is nearly related to Ammophila holo- 



^.62 to .86 inch. — Translator's Note. 

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