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the second. Third cubital narrowed towards 

 the radial. Head, black, with silvery down on 

 the face. Antennae, black. Thorax, black, 

 with transverse stripes on its three segments, 

 darker on the prothorax and the mesothorax. 

 Two patches on the sides and one behind either 

 side of the metathorax, covered with silvery 

 down. Abdomen, bare and shiny. First seg- 

 ment, black. Second segment, red in the part 

 narrowed into a petiole and in the widened 

 part. Third segment, all red. The others, a 

 beautiful, metallic indigo-blue. Legs, black, 

 with silvery down on the hips. Wings, shghtly 

 reddish. Builds her nest in October and stocks 

 each cell with two medium-sized caterpillars. 



Is nearly related to Ammophila holosericea, 

 being of the same size, but differs markedly in 

 the colour of her legs, which are all black, in her 

 head and thorax, which are much less hairy, 

 and in the transverse stripes on the three 

 segments of the thorax. 



I wish these three Wasps to bear the name of 

 my son Jules, to whom I dedicate them. 



Dear Jules, snatched at such an early age 

 from your passionate love of flowers and insects, 

 you were my fellow-worker ; nothing escaped 

 your clear-sighted glance ; I was to write this 

 book for you, to whom its stories gave such 



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