[1190] N. Dict, d'Hist. Nat. x. 344.
[1191] The ovipositor of Raphidia seems merely calculated to introduce its eggs under bark; it seems incapable of boring.
[1192] From ὑμην, a membrane.
[1193] De Geer ii. 1035.
[1194] Since this was written, Mr. Stephens has showed me a remarkable Hymenopterous insect taken by him in Hertfordshire, which appears to have the antennæ of one of the Ichneumonidæ and the wings and abdomen of a Tenthredo L., so as to form a link connecting the two tribes or suborders. This may probably have a vermiform larva.
[1195] Hor. Entomolog. 431.
[1196] Hor. Entomolog. 429.
[1197] Vol. III. p. [67]. See above, p. [160].
[1198] Whoever consults De Geer ii. 941—. t. xxxiii. f. 14, 15. t. xxxvi. f. 27. and t. xxxix. f. 7, 8, will be convinced that the metamorphosis of Tenthredo L. is incomplete rather than obtected.