1901. 



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WASPS IN COUNTY WICKLOW. 



BY R. M. BARRINGTON AND C. B. MOFFAT. 



From 1893 to 1901 the number of queen wasps killed atFassaroe 

 amounts to 1,155. The following are the numbers for each year 

 (none were killed in 1895 owing to change of gardeners), show- 

 ing in what proportion the different species prevail : — 



From the above table it appears that Vespa vulgaris slightly 



outnumbers the remaining five species added together, while 



V. sylvcstris comes second in order of numerical preponderance ; 



V.rufa, V'.germanica, and V.norvegka rank respectively third, 



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