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escaped from beneath the second abdominal segment, a female still 

 protruding from beneath the same ; the third segment has the pupa 

 case of an escaped male beneath it, and the fourth is distorted by 

 the head and thorax of a female parasite. 



Ammophila ? <? , from Tunis. The abdomen is greatly 



distorted by the pupa case of an escaped male parasite; judging 

 from the size of the case, I should conclude the Stylops to be four 

 times the size of S. Mellttce. 



Ammoph'ila ferrugineipes, ? , Gambia. The abdomen distorted 

 by the pupa case of an escaped Stylops from beneath the third 

 segment. 



Si^hex pel'iolata, $ , Brazil. The head of a very large female 

 Stylops beneath the fifth abdominal segment. 



Sphexjlavipes, $, Georgia. The fourth segment distorted by 

 the pupa case of an escaped male Stylops. 



Pelopceus Chiliensis, $ . The pupa case of an escaped male 

 beneath the fourth abdominal segment. 



Pelopceus lahoriosus, $ , Aru Island. Two female Stylops be- 

 neath the fourth segment of the abdomen. 



Pelopceus djfformis, from Shanghai. Has a female Stylops pro- 

 truding from beneath the third abdominal segment. 



Pelopceus , from Celebes. Attacked by a female Stylops. 



Belonogaster junceus, from Tripoli. Attacked by a female 

 Stylo2)s. 



Yespidm. 



Eumenes petiolata, ? , India. The abdomen of the third segment 

 with a female Stylops beneath it, and the fourth distorted by the 

 pupa case of an escaped male. 



Odynerus ? $ , Brazil. The abdomen greatly distorted 



by a male Stylops protruding beneath the third segment. 



