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HYMENOPTERA-ACTTLEATA. 375 



P. gibbus, Fab. — trivialis, Dhlb., Thorns., &c— Common 

 in district. 



P. pectinipes, V. d. Lind. — crassicornis, Shuck, Sm., ? 

 Southport, B.C. 

 Salius, Fab. (Priocnemis, Schiodte). 



S. exaltatus, Fab. — Only recorded so far from Bowden, 

 B.C., and Delamere, E.C.T. and B.C. 

 Ceropales, Latr. 



C. maculata, Fab. — Only noted at Southport, B.C., 

 though probably occurs elsewhere on our sand- 

 hills, as it is common on North Wales coast. 



SpHEGIDtE. 



A large and comprehensive family of Wasps, of which 



the genera vary greatly in form and also in habits, as 



noted below. 



Astata, Latr. — The females burrow in hard sand. They 

 prey upon various larvae. 

 A. stigma, Panz. — jaculator, Sm. (Zool). — This, till 

 recently, rare species has been twice recorded 

 from our district, one specimen having been 

 taken at Southport by Mr. B. Cooke, on 25th 

 June, 1879, and another on Wallasey sandhills 

 by myself, on the 5th July, 1891, (v. Ent. Mon. 

 Mag., Jan., 1892). It should be searched for, as 

 it has also occurred upon the North Wales coast. 

 It loves the hottest sunshine, and has an excellent 

 habit of returning to the spot again after being 

 disturbed. The male is easily detected, when 

 running among other similarly coloured sand- 

 wasps, by a brilliant white spot on its face. 



Tachytes, Panz. — The females excavate tunnels in sand, 

 and are stated to store up for their offspring 

 larvse of both Lepidoptera and Orthoptera. 



