SAMoUKLLB's 



young friend, who was my companion, took a female 

 at the top of the cliff; and towards the latter end of 

 the same month, on a gravelly walk at Ramsdown, 

 surrounded by heath, rhododendrons and pine trees, 

 I took four females, each of them carrying a pupa of 

 Pentatoma prasina, of Linne, or of P. dissimilis, 

 Fabr. ; and as nothing was known of their ceconomy, 

 it was an interesting and remarkable fact ; and there 

 is scarcely a doubt but these pupae were to be buried 

 by the Astata to deposit her eggs in. The Honour- 

 able Charles Harris also took one or two, which I 

 believe were females also.' 



The anterior tarsi of the females are furnished 

 with the same sort of appendages as the Pompili, 

 perhaps to secure their prey, or to assist them in 

 clearing away the sand in burrowing. 



