137, 
prey’s anatomy. Fig. 68 shows one of these grubs making a 
meal of a cricket’s thigh. The grub does not appear satisfied 
with the amount of provender—a single cricket—which the 
mother has furnished, and ate half of another cricket which I 

Bie. 168: Marval of Fig. 69. Cocoon of 
Cratolarra  pita- C. pitamawa, xX 
mawa devouring 2.5 
leg of cricket, X 
2.5. 
offered her. Attaining its full size in about three and a half days, 
it spins the usual agglutinized shell of soil (Fig. 69), 7 x 2.5 mm. 
for the male and 11.5.x 4.5 for the female. 
The life-cycle in two cases observed was as follows: 






| Feeding 
: . Eggs yee! Cocoon 
Eggs laid Watched larva atase Total 
stage 2) 
Aug. 25, Aug. 27, | Aug. 30 a 5 . 
b) ss oe | . s € TS —— 
1 p.m. 6 a. m. Ist:30)-a5 m Rept. 22 28 days 3 
Sept. 21, Sept. 23, Sept. 26, ae Aiea ‘= 
1Ofasmn= |) 5 asm: Figs sn Oct. 28 | 37 days | = 9 

Notogonidea luzonensis Rohwer. 
Length 12-13 mm.; black with silvery abdominal bands, hind 
femora often red; margin of clypeus smooth. 
A plowed field is a favorite hunting ground for this common 
wasp. Partly-grown crickets (Gryllus), sometimes a good deal 
bulkier than herself, are the object of her search. After more 
or less of a scramble the wasp manages to get on its victim’s 
back and administer the paralyzing sting. Sometimes she is able 
to fly with her victim, and then again the cricket is far too heavy 
for such a procedure. I once saw a laden Notogonidea climb far 
up a bamboo telephone pole in order to make a steeply gliding 
flight nestwards. When, however, the wasp flies away with her 
cricket she is very hard to follow. But on one or two occasions | 
