T H E 
WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
“ ENTOMA QUIDQUID AGUNT NOSTRI EST FARRAGO LIBERIA.” 
No. 7.— Yol. 2.] SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1863. [Price 2d. 
EXTRACTS FROM DONOVAN. 
Hymenoptera. 
Tenthredo Vitellines 
Generic Character. 
H BIO OMI of equal thickness 
and closely united to the thorax. 
Sting serrated. Between two valves. 
Second wings shortest. 
Specific Character. 
Antennae clavated. Abdomen above 
black, very hairy with a lateral line 
of rufous. Legs yellowish. Thighs 
behind dentated. * * * * * 
The larva of this species is found 
on the Alder, Osier and Willow ; it is 
large, of a green colour, and at first 
sight greatly resembles the Caterpillars 
of some Lepidopterous Insects. 
When it first appears from the 
chrysalis very little of the black of 
the thorax and abdomen can be seen, 
those parts being, at that time, thick- 
ly clothed with long brownish hairs. 
Ichneumon Circumflexus 
Generic Character. 
Jaws, without tongue. Antennae 
of more than thirty joints; long fili- 
form, vibrating. Sting within a 
bivalve sheath. 
Specific Character. 
Antennce, Legs, and Body tawny. 
Head and Thorax black ; as is ako the 
lower part of the second joint of each 
hind leg. Body curved. 
Not very common; found in May 
and June. 
Sphex Sabulosa. 
Generic Character. 
Jaws without tongue. Antennae of 
sixteen joints. Wings incumbent, 
not folded. Sting riged. 
Specific Character. 
Antennae, Head, Thorax, and Legs 
black. Abdomen club shaped ; con- 
nected by a slender thread ; orange 
colour ; extremity black. 
Sphex Sabulosa is a very busy and 
voracious insect; it sometimes subsists 
on vegetable matter, frequently on 
small flies ; we have never found it 
common near London. 
Apis Terrestris. 
. Humble Bee. 
Generic Character. 
Jaws with a trunk bent downwards. 
Antennae elbowed in the middle ; 
first joint longest. Wings plain. 
Body hairy. Abdomen connected by 
a pedicle. 
Specific Character. 
Black, very hairy, with a yellow 
belt on the thorax, one also across the 
abdomen. Anus white or yellowish. 
