648 AUTICULATA. 



Panorpa communis. — Tlie Common Panorpa. Plate Ixx. fig-. 2. Body 

 rather long, wings transparent, elegantly variegated with deep brown spots ; 

 tail of the male furnished with forceps, like a lobster's claw. Inhabits Eurupe 

 in meadows. 



ORDER Vm. — HYMENOPTERA.. 



With four naked reined wings, unequal in size ; mouth composed of jaws, 

 mandibles, and two lips ; the lip tubular at its base, terminated by alabium, 

 which is either double or folded in, and forming a sort of sucker ; females 

 provided with a compound ovipositor near the vent. 



Tenthredo scrophularia;. — The Scrophularise Tenthredo. Plate Ixx. fig. 6. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen black, with transverse bands of yellow ; wings 

 reddish brown and transparent. Inhabits England on the Avater betony. 



Ichneumon manifestator. — The Notorious Ichneumon. Plate Ixx. fig. 12. 

 Described, vol. iv. page 356. 



Formica Herculanea. — The Herculean Formica. Plate Ixx. fig. 9. The 

 antennae of the neuters are black ; the head large, black, and shining, slightly 

 covered with hairs ; thorax blood-red. Inhabits Europe in dead trees. 



Ammophila viatica. — The Wayside Ammophila. Plate Ixx, fig. 5. Black, 

 beset with hairs ; second and third segment of the abdomen reddish brown ; 

 upper wings brown. Inhabits England. 



Vespa c/a6o.— The Hornet. Plate Ixx. fig. 3. Described, vol. iv. page 355. 



Apis retusa — The Retuse Bee. Plate bcx. fig. 4. Body pale brown, legs 

 hairy, wings transparent, with an elongated cleft proboscis, and three bris. 

 ties betwixt them. Inhabits Britain. 



ORDER IX. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



With four membranaceous wings, covered with a scaly farina ; and pro- 

 vided with a trunk which is spirally rolled up at the mouth. 



Papilio Apollo. — The Apollo Butterfly. Plate Ixxi. fig. 2. Thorax deep 

 brown, wings pale yellow, slightly indented on their margins; superior 

 wings with black epots, inferior wings with four scarlet eye-like spots, 

 white in the centre, and surrounded by a ring of black. Inhabits Europe. 



Sphinx Atropos. — The Death's Head Sphinx. Plate Ixxi. fig. 5. Upper 

 wings dark grey, with zigzag marking of black, orange and white ; body 

 orange-coloured, barred with black ; on the top of the thorax is a lai'ge pala 

 ochre yellow mark, exactly resembling a human skull. Inhabits Britain. 



Bambyx pavonia major. — The Peacock Moth. Plate Ixxi. fig. 9. Wings 

 round, variegated with deep and pale gray, black brown, and purplish 

 brown ; with a deep edging of pale brown ; web of the wings with an eye. 

 like spot. Inhabits the south of Europe. 



ORDER X. STREPSIPTKR.\. 



With two naked membranous wings, accompanied by two balancers, 

 which are longitudinally folded, forming nearly the quadrant of a circle ; 

 anal opening stytiferous ; transformation incomplete. 



Xenos Peckii. — Peck's Xenos. Plate Ixix. fig. 11. Blackish-brown ; an. 

 teiuiae dotted with white. Inhabits America. 



ORDER XI. DIPTERA. 



Provided with six foct ; two inembianaceou^ extended wings, under each 



