More Hunting Wasps 



together In the rubbish-heap just explored; 

 their larvae differ so little that I should have 

 to examine them minutely to distinguish the 

 one from the other; and even then I should 

 not be certain of succeeding. It seems pro- 

 bable that the Scolia does not choose be- 

 tween them, that she uses all three indis- 

 criminately. Perhaps she even assails other 

 larvas, inhabitants, like the foregoing, of 

 heaps of rotting vegetable-matter. I there- 

 fore set down the Cetonia genus generally 

 as forming the prey of the Twp-banded 

 Scolia. 



Lastly, round about Avignon, the Inter- 

 rupted Scolia used to prey upon the larva of 

 the Shaggy Anoxia {A. villosa) . At Serig- 

 nan, which is surrounded by the same kind 

 of sandy soil, without other vegetation than 

 a few sparse seed-bearing grasses, I find her 

 rationing her young with the Morning An- 

 oxia {A. matutinalis) . Oryctes, Cetonlae 

 and Anoxlse In the larval state : here then is 

 the prey of the three Scollae whose habits we 

 know. The three Beetles are Lamelllcorns, 

 Scarabaeldee. We shall have occasion later 

 to consider the reason of this very striking 

 coincidence. 



For the moment, the business In hand Is 

 to move the heap of leaf-mould to some 

 so 



