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TAB. XXXIII. 



Fig. 1.— AMMOPHILA hirsuta. 

 Ham/ Sand wasp. 



Class 6. Insecta. Orckr 5. Hymenoptera. 

 Gen. Char. Rostrum conical, inflexed, concealing 



a bifid tongue. j4iitenncF filiform in both sexes, 



joints about 14. Ejjes oval. fVings plane. Stirig 



concealed in the abdomen. 

 Spec. Char. Antennae of IS joints. Petiole of the 



abdomen short, of 1 joint. Wings equal in 



length to the body. 

 Syn. Ammophila hirsuta. Linn. Trans. 4. 206. 



Head large, punctulated, black, villose. Maxillae the length 

 of the head, very menacing. Thorax and breast villose. 

 Squamce black. Wings the length of the body, subhyaline j 

 apex black; veins ferruginous; marginal spot fuscous. 

 Abdomen black, lanceolato-ovate ; petiole short, villose ; 

 second, third, and base of the fourth segments reddish 

 brown. Hind legs half as long again as the abdomen. 

 Tarsi very rough with bristles. 



Fig. 2.— AMMOPHILA pulvillata. 



Spec. Char. Antennae of 14 joints. Petiole of the 

 abdomen of 2 segments. Wings shorter than 

 the body. Pulvilli elongated, bifid. 



XiEAD black, villose. Antennae nearly the length of the 

 thorax. Front plane, beneath the antennae, covered with 



