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rally short and indistinct ; legs moderately long. 

 Inhabits sandy situations, occasionally umbellate 

 flowers ; is fond of settling on stones, leaves, 

 &c. ; feeds on insects. Gorytes, Psen, Larra, 

 Lyrops, Dinetus, Tripoxylon, Oxybelus. 



709. Bembecites (Bembecites). Larva and pupa 

 as in the Scholiites, the food provided for the larva 

 consisting of Syrphina and Muscina. Imago with 

 antennae thirteen-jointed, elbowed at the second, 

 short, and of nearly uniform substance. No 

 British genus. 



710. False wasps (Crdbronites). Larva and 

 pupa as in the Scholiites, excepting that in this 

 order many are frequently found in the same 

 burrow. Imago with antennae thirteen-jointed, 

 short, and slightly incrassated externally ; man- 

 dibles long, acute, and terminating in a single 

 point ; maxillae obtuse ; labium elongate, its 

 ligula short, dilated, obtuse, and terminating in 

 four lobes ; ocelli three ; head very large, square ; 

 legs short and stout, fore legs often patellated ; 

 body, with its greatest diameter, about the ninth 

 segment, very glabrous, black, or black and 

 yellow. Inhabits sandy banks, settling on leaves, 

 stones, and umbellate flowers. Cerceris, Philan- 

 thus, Crabro, Rhopalum, Stigmus, 



711. Wasps (Respites). Larva an obese 

 inactive maggot, inhabiting a cell provided by 

 its parent, who supplies it with food, consisting 

 of honey, pollen, &c. Pupa changes in a silken 



