RAPHIDIA. 37 



of trees. Linnaeus mentions the pupa of the 

 R. ophiopsis, and says it is like the mother, ex- 

 cept that it wants her wings, 



SPECIFICATION. 



Raphidia ophiopsis. R. thorace cylindrico. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. \.p. 916. Gmel. 2647. Fabr. Spec. Ins.l. 

 p. 402. Mant. Ins. 1. p. 251. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 99. 



Roesel. Ins. 3. App. t. 21. / 6, 7. 



Schaeff. Icon. t. 95. f. 12. 



Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ.fasc. 50. 1. 1 1 . 



Inhabits Europe, and is found in England, but 

 rarely, in gardens and pine-forests. In certain years 

 it is very common in the woods about Paris, preying 

 upon the lesser insects. 



PL 51. a. The head and thorax magnified, b. A 

 horn. c. A hind le^. 



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