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See also Bingham C. T. (1890) J. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5:233-252
Hymenoptera.
Dover C. (1922) J. Asi. Soc. Beng. 18 : 17
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Ind. Wasps and Bees.
Fam. Sphegidae. (PI. IV, Fig. 59) Pronotum transverse, side angles not
prolonged to base of wings. Generally bright coloured, metallic. Thorax
massive, petiole long. Solitary
digging wasps. Larvae legless, soft, white. Pupate in silken cocoons.
Predaceous on insects, generally lepidoptera.
Astata spp. Resemble Diptera. Burrow in hard sandy banks, store bug
nymphs to feed the young. A. nigricans. Black, pubescence white,
abdomenal tip and tarsi bronzy. L. 8-9 mm. A. agilis. Black, red band on
abdomen. L. 7-8 mm. Tachytes. Beautiful sand wasps, small,
inconspicuous, storing nymphs of Orthoptera for the young. Black,
pubescence silvery, abdomen rusty golden. L. 12-20 mm. Tachysphex.
Similar to Tachytes but longer and slenderer. Black, golden pubescence,
legs partiy or fully red, abdomen red or a red band, silvery hairy bands to
segments. L. 9-13 mm. L. nigriventris. Black with glittering silver haired
bands on abdomen. L. 10-12 mm. Notogonia spp. Predaceous on crickets.
Some build mud nests fixed to stones. Black, silvery hair. N. subtessellata.
Patches of gold, hind femora blood red. L. 8-13 mm. N. jaculatrix. Wings
yellowish. L. 12-14 mm. (See F. L. Wain J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 54:957)
Liris spp. Similar habits, very active. Black with golden hair, silvery
CHAPTER 3 band on abdomen. L. aurata. Orange, legs and parts of
antennae red. L. 15-2U mm. Nest under thick bushes. P. ruficornis. Black,
petiole, legs and parts of body red, silvery hair in the middle. L, 9- 10 mm.
Pison spp. Black, silvery pubescence or bands. Common in plains. L. 8-
10 mm. Hunt spiders, Trypoxylon construct nests of clay in straw, hollow
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