AND LOWER EGYPT. 3}I 



to this spot by their colours. A wasp ten lines 

 long, is very common there. She has two large 

 black eves, and upon the crown of the head three 

 little black, points, disposed in the form of a tri- 

 angle, and resembling eyes ; the front of the 

 head i.s of a beautiful yellow ; a triangular spot 

 of the same colour between the antennas, which 

 also have a slight tinge of yellow at the bottom ; 

 the antennas are purple the rest of the length. 

 The remainder oi the head, the corselet, and the 

 thighs, are purple; the legs and the tarsus of a 

 brown gray; the claws black; to conclude, the 

 wings yellowish in the upperpart, and gray in the 

 under. 



The first ring of the belly is of a shining black, 

 bordered on the belly only, with a beautiful yel- 

 low ; this border is itself terminated by a little 

 line, which appears to be of the purest gold. The 

 second ring is entirely bluck ; the third is yellow 

 above and below ; it is divided above in its breadth 

 by a black line, accompanied on each side with a 

 spot likewise black, and, on the under part of the 

 same ring, there is, on each side, another black 

 spot smaller than those which are on the upper 

 part. The fourth circle is black above, and 

 brown below : finally, the other circles are of a 

 blackish brown. 



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