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into cells, each containing small spiders (Fig. 109). T. intrudens, 
Sm,, builds in holes in walls and in crevices in books. 
Fig. 109 .—Tuypoxylon pileatum bringing a 
SPIDER TO HER NEST IN A HOLLOW STEM ; 
THE NEST HAS BEEN OPENED TO SHOW THE 
CELLS. [F. M. H.] 
Ammophila is larger, with a long narrow 
abdomen and a rather Ichneumon-like 
appearance. Several are very common and 
their habits have been observed. The 
habits of A. Icevigata , Sm. (Fig. 110), are 
briefly described in Indian Insect Pests 
(page 271), this insect burying Plusia 
eriosoma larvae in soil. So far as is known, 
caterpillars and spiders are their prey and 
they do not make mud nests but burrow 
in soil. A. atripes , Sm., A. basalts, Sm., 
A . Icevigata, Sm., and A. erythrocephala, 
Fig. 110.— Ammophila 
L/EVIGATA. 
