232 CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. 



Imago with antenna composed of about thirteen joints, 

 very short, recurved, almost forming a ring; mandibles short, 

 strong, dentate ; maxilla long, their feelers also long ; la- 

 Hum longer than in the Formicites ; its ligula trilobed ; 

 ocelli three, distinct ; wings alike in both sexes ; legs short, 

 stout, spiny ; female with a pungent sting. Solitary ; in- 

 habits sandy districts, settling occasionally on umbellate 

 flowers ; feeds on insects. Tiphia. 



Sapygites. Larva and pupa supposed to be as in the 

 preceding order. Imago with antennas composed of about 

 thirteen joints, exteriorly incrassated, par- 

 ticularly in the males, longer and more 

 robust than in the preceding order ; man- 

 dibles, labium, &c., nearly as in the 

 Scholiites ; ocelli three, distinct; wings 

 alike in both sexes ; legs short but slen- 

 der, and without spines ; female with a 

 sting. Solitary ; female inhabits walls, palings and posts ; 

 male settles on umbellate flowers. Sapyga. 



Sand- wasps or Pompilites. Larva and pupa as in Scho- 

 liitcs, the food of the former consisting frequently of spiders 

 provided by its parent. Imago with antenna composed of 

 about thirteen joints, more long and slender than in the 

 two preceding orders, attenuated exteriorly, and mostly re- 

 curved ; mandibles long, and dentate at the apex ; labium 

 short, with its ligula short and trilobed ; ocelli three, dis- 

 tinct ; wings alike in both sexes ; legs long, spiny ; female 

 armed with a sting. Inhabits sunny banks in sandy situa- 

 tions, running among grass, &c. with great activity, and 

 continually vibrating its antenna and wings ; feeds on in- 

 sects. Ceropales, Pompilus, Aporus. 



Sphexes or Sphecites. Larva and pupa as in Scholiites^ 

 the food differing only in the kind of insect provided. Imago 

 vith the antenna composed of thirteen joints, short and 



