F.NTOMOLOGICAL CABINKT. 



SAPYGA PUNCTATA. King. 

 Sapyga sexpunctata. Leach. 



Black : head large and as wide as the thorax and 

 puuctured : eyes large and kidney shaped : ocelli 

 three, placed in a triangle : head and thorax hlack 

 and punctured : antennae black and gradually in- 

 creasing towards their extremity : wings irridescent, 

 with one marginal and four submarginal cells : body 

 black, the second and third segments of a dirty red 

 colour, the fourth and fifth with a yellow spot on 

 each side, and with one on the last segment : legs 

 moderately long and black. 



Length 5§ lines. 



Inhabits flowers and nidificates in dry wood. 



This is not a plentiful or common insect. We have 

 occasionally met with it near barns and other out- 

 houses, settling on the wood and generally on the 

 sunny side: they are usually found in the month 

 of July. 



M-5 



