SAND-WASP. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth armed with jaws : no tongue. 
Antenna; divided into ten articulations. 
Wings extended, and laid horizontally upon the back. 
Sting sharp, and concealed within the abdomen. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Sphex sabulosa. S. nigra hirta, abdominis petiolo biarticulato, 
segmento secundo tertioque ferrugineis. 
Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 2723. 
Black and hairy : pedicle of the abdomen 
biarticulate : the second and third segments 
of a rusty brown colour. 
Sand-Wasp. . . Degeer bis. 2 . p. 148. no. 4 . pi. 28. f. 27 . 
Frisch. Ins. 2 . pi. 1 . f. 6, 7 . Schceff. 
Icon. 83. f. 1 . 
The singular manners of many of the insect tribe 
are as interesting and as worthy of observation as 
those of a higher class. They are frequently dis- 
regarded because of their diminutive size, while 
the ceconomy of the larger animals is always con- 
sidered of sufficient importance to fix our at- 
tention. 
