206 Mr. E. Saunders' Si/nopsis of British 



ciiJaria resemble it closely in colour, and in the dull 

 frontal area, but the simple clypeus will distinguish them 

 at once. Length 5 — 9 mill. 



Hah. — Weybridge, Chobham, Hawley Hants, New 

 Forest, &c. Makes its nest generally in banks, and 

 makes slaves of F. fusca and cunicularia. The <? and $ 

 appear about July. 



4. exsecta, Nyl. Act. Soc. Fenn. 1846, 2, p. 909, Fig. 



Entom. Ann. 1865, frontisp. fig. 2. 



Similar in colour to rufa (see No. 1), but very distinct 

 in form ; the wide emargination of the head at the back, 

 the smaller eyes placed farther from the posterior mar- 

 gin, and the sides of the head behind the eyes converging 

 to the posterior margin, easily distinguish it in all the 

 sexes, besides the narrow, almost straight- sided and 

 deeply-notched scale of the petiole, and the smaller size 

 of the (? and ? . Length 7 — 8 mill. 



Ha h . — Bournemouth . 



The 3' and ? appear in July. This species forms 

 a nest, heaped up after the style of that of rufa and 

 congcrcns, but much smaller in diameter, and frequently 

 on the open heath. 



5. cunicularia, Ltr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. p. 151. 



Very like rufa in colouring ; g- differs in being 

 smaller, with clearer wings, in having the thorax 

 without semi-erect hairs, and the frontal area dull ; 

 the legs clear testaceous. Length 3| lines. 



? differs in having the metathorax generally brown, 

 the abdomen dull, the legs clear testaceous, and the 

 frontal area dull. Length 9 mill. 



^ like a small elongate rufa, and sometimes even 

 brighter in colour, but generally more obscure. It may 

 always be distinguished from that species by the dull 

 frontal area, and from saiiguinea by the entire clypeus. 

 Length 7—8 mill. 



Hah. — Generally distributed and common in many 

 localities. Makes its nest in the ground ; (? and ? appear 

 about August. 



