ATTA FERVENS. 



Plate XLII. fig. 3. 



Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Heterogyna. Family: Formiuida^, it'ot*. 



(lENUS. Atta, Fabr. LatreiUe. Foi'iiiica, Linn. Drury. 



ATTA Fervens. Fiisca, sericea, alls fiiscis, capitis angulis posticis rotundatis. (Expans. Alar. "2 uiic. G lin.) 



.Syn. Formica fprvpns, Driirtj, App. vol, 2. Say in Jnnrn. of Nat. Hist. Soc. of Boston, p. '290. 



Habitat: Mus(|iiito .Shore, on tlie Bay of Me.xi 



.xico. 



Antennae small, setaceous, and shorter than the thorax. Head dark brown, small and flat, armed 

 with strong jaws. Eyes small, round and black. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, and velvety. 

 Wings brown and diaphanous. Legs coloured like the body, without any spines at any of the joints ; 

 neither is there any abdominal peduncle. 



This insect (which appears to be a queen or female ant) is nearly allied to a very 

 celebrated South American species, which, from visiting the houses of the inhabitants in 

 great swarms, is termed the visiting ant. (Atta Cephalotes, Fabr.) The late Mr. Say, 

 however, pointed out the differences between the two species in his manuscripts, 

 which have been published in the Journal of the Natural History Society of Boston 

 for 1836. 



PEPSIS SEVERA. 



Plate XLII. flg. 4. 



Order : Hymenoptera. Section : Fossores. Family : Pompiliria?, Leach. 



Genus. Pepsis, Latr. Fabr. Sphex, Linn. Brm-y. 



Pepsis Severa. Atra, alis fulvo-diaphanis apice fuscis, pedibus fulvis femoribus nigris. (Expans. .•Vlar. 

 3 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Sphex Severus, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Habitat : Coast of Africa. 



Head black. Tongue not observed. Palpi four. Eyes oblong, prominent and shining. Wings 

 yellow-brown, diaphanous, the tips black. Thorax, abdomen, and thighs black. Tibiae and tarsi 

 yellow-brown. 



MANTIS (HARPAX) OCELLARIA. 



Plate XLIII. fig. 1. 



Order: Orthoptcra. Section: Cursoria. Family-: Mantidse. 



Genus. Mantis, Limi. (Subgenus : Harpax, ServiUe.) 



Mantis (Harpax) OcELLARiA. Capite inermi, femoribus posticis lobo apicali. elytris virirtibii? ocello magno 

 discoidali flavo nigro-cingulato. (Expans. Alar. '2 unc. H lin.) 



Syn. Mantis ocellaria, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Habitat : Coast of Africa. 



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