ORDER HYMENOPTERA. 



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Larva 1' -mlt. cylindrical, with spines <>r fleshy pi Pup 



pended freely bj the tail, ither Bmootb and rounded 



angular In outline This ia by far the froup of butterl 



l oniaferonia Linn., a Brazilian butterfly, also an inhabitant <'f 

 Mexico, according to Darwin makes a clicking sound while on the 

 wing, i' Linn.) inhabits Florida, the Gulf States, and 



extends across the continent to southern California. The specii 

 Argynnis (( \. .1. <ij>/tn«/iti Fabr.) arc notable for tin- Bilvery -i»'ts 



Flo. 2 jonia progne. Natural •-{/.<■. 



l"i n right side. 



I' j.. -.vt 



Nil! 



on the under Bide of the hind \\ ings. Allied to them arc the spi 

 of M elitea (M. phaeton Drury). In Vanessa (V. antiopa Linn.) and 

 Polygonia </'. y I the outer edges of the wings are 



notched. The highest of the butterflies appear to be thi 

 of Heliconia, of Cercyonis (C. alopi Fabr. I, and the interesting arctic 

 and alpine genus CEneis {0. semidea Say). 



Obdbb XVI. Hymenoptera 1 -' (8a w-flies, Gallflies, Ichneu- 

 mons, Ants, Waaps, and !<•■ - j. 



In order to perceive the distinctive features of this exten- 



* Sii i ( ii d Works. 



Aaron, S F. The North American Chrysidida? (Trans. Amer. Ent 



Soc, L8 

 Blake. C. A. Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America Trans, 



\incr. Ent. Soc . siii . L886). 

 Cheshire, F R Bees and bee-keeping. 1 Scientit \ 



the hone} b< i London, 1886 

 Cressou, E. T. Synopsis of the Hymenoptera of America, north ot 



Mexico (Philadelphia, 1887). Also papers on Ichneumi 



etc., in Proc. Phil. Acad Sc, and Trans. Amer Ent. S 



dian Entomologist, Proc. Bo 8 • . 1868 

 Forel, A. Les Fourmis de la Suisse (Geneva, 181 

 Howard, L. (Articles on Chalcids in reports and Bull, of 1 B. 



Entomologist, 1 x ;m L888 

 \ ric synopsis of the hymenopterous fami ctotrupidte 



(Trans. Amer. Enl Soc . siii., 188 

 Lepelletier, St Fargeau et Brulle. Histoire nature 



hymenopteres (Suites a Bnffon, i.-iv. Pari.-. 18 

 Lubbock. J. Ants, Bee3, and Wasps | New York. 188 \ 



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