9262 Insects. 
Life-Histories of Sawflies. Translated from the Dutch of M. Snellen 
van Vollenhoven, by J. W. May, Esq. 
(Continued from page 9072). 
CIMBEX AXILLARIS, Panz. 
Imago, Panzer, Fauna Germ. 84, f.11. Jurine, Nouv. Méthode, 
pl. 6, fig. 1. Klug, Versuch einer Darstell. der Fam. und 
Arten der Blatlwespengatt ; Cimbex, p.84. Hartig, Blatt und 
Holzwespen, f. 68. 
Larva undescribed. 
Cimbex niger, capite fusco, antennis ac tarsis rufo-flavis, clypeo, 
prothorace, abdominis segmentis 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, ac Yo flavis. 
_ Some years ago I met with a Cimbex larva in the collection of my 
friend Dr. J. Wttewaall, which was quite new to me, and of a striking’ 
appearance, both on account of its size and the beautiful arrangement 
of its colours; the larva in question was preserved in spirit. At that 
time I thought my friend told me that this unknown larva had been 
taken feeding on raspberry bushes in the neighbourhood of Voorst in 
Gelderland, and as I much wished to have such a larva alive, I asked 
him to do what he could to get me one or more of them. I afterwards 
received from my friend Dr. Herklots some drawings which he had 
some time previously bought at the sale of books and engravings of 
Professor Reinwardt, in one of which drawings were represented two 
similar larvae, together with a coarse large cocoon and an imago of 
Cimbex axillaris, accompanied by a pair of East Indian Scutelleridx. 
A year passed by, during which time Dr. Wttewaal informed me 
that, notwithstanding all his efforts, he had not been able to find a 
Cimbex larva of the species I had named. As he was about changing 
his place of residence, and so the chance of obtaining the larve of 
C. axillaris from Voorst was as good as gone, I addressed myself to 
Mr. E. A. de Roos van Westmaas, who lived at Velp, and requested 
him to look out both there and at Daalhuizen for the larve I wanted, 
and in order to enlist the country boys in the search I offered a pre- 
mium of twenty-five cents for each specimen. The result of my 
friend’s exertions was that on the 14th of July, 1860, a larva was sent 
to me, taken, not on the raspberry, but on a hawthorn hedge, and on 
which hedge, according to his letter, it was to be found annually in 
small numbers. I made a drawing of the larva the same day I 
received it, and afterwards, in order to rear it, took it with me to 
