ESSAY 
ON THE 
INDIGENOUS 
FOSSORIAL HYMENOPTERA, 
COMPRISING 
A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE 
BRITISH SPECIES OF BURROWING SAND WASPS 
CONTAINED IN THE 
METROPOLITAN COLLECTIONS ; 
WITH 
THEIR HABITS AS FAR AS THEY HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. 
By W. E. SHUCKARD, M.E.S. 
LIBRARIAN TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 
LONDON: 
PUBLISHED BY 
THE AUTHOR, 31, ROBERT STREET, CHELSEA. 
SOLD ALSO BY M. BAILLIERE, 219, REGENT STREET. 
1837. 
