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PLATE CCCCXX. 



LARRA POMPILIFORMIS. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Tongue porre&ed, fimple : jaws fliort, horny, vaulted : lip exferted, 

 membranaceous at the tip and marginated : antenna; filiform, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Black : abdomen black, with the bafe ferruginous. 



Laura Pompiliformis : nigra, abdomine nigro bali ferrugineo.— 

 Die Grabwefpenartige Drehwefpe. Pa?iz. 89* 

 n. 13. 



A curious little infect of the Fabrician genus Larra. The only 

 fpecimen we have yet feen of this infect occurs in the cabinet of Mr. 

 Drury. The fmalleft figure explains the natural fize. 



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