122 BiUMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PPiODUCTIOSS. 



insuLitors used -witli tlic same object to support our telop;rapli wires. Tlie preparation 

 of tlic Picai-nijd for use is thus described by Vlx. Parish : " The priuci]}al, if not only 

 use at present, is for caulkiug, aud tor this ])urpose it is mixed witli earth oil or 

 FetroJeum. The method is to boil the Pwai-mjet in water, which makes it quite soft, 

 and then to knead it with a certain quantity of petroleum until it attains the con- 

 sistency of a lump of putty, which it much resembles. In that state it is tit for use 



and is extremely viscid and tenacious It is soluble in oils aud in turpentine, 



but not in spirits of wine." 



BoMBUs Exnirus, Smith. Tenasserim. 



,, MoxirvAors, Smith. Tenasserim. 



,, iMPETUOsus, Smith. 



The females of two or three species of carpenter bees may be fi-equently seen 

 excavatinp; their cells in the cavities of bamboos, or chiselling for themselves tunnels 

 ill decayed wood. When the shaft is sufficiently deep, they deposit their eggs, aud 

 balls of nutriment for tlie grubs ; then floor over the orifices with mud, and lay again, 

 and so continue to do until they have deposited all their eggs. 



These insects fly into houses, and Europeans call them bumble bees, but they 

 belong to a tribe of solitary bees [JKylocopa), of which no sjieeies are found in England. 



XvLocopi TEStJiscAPA, Westw. 



,, LATiPES, Drury. Tenasserim. 



,, JESTFANS, L. Tenasserim. 



,, coLLAEis, St. Farg. Tenasserim. 



,, AMETHTSTINA, Latr. Tonasscrim. 



JIegachile dimidiata. Smith. Tenasserim. 



Crocisa decora. Smith. Yunan. 

 ANinornoEA zonata, L. 



