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HYMENOPTERA. 



thin coating, like goldbeaters' skin, of some substance 

 secreted by itself, which is laid on in a fluid Rtate by 

 the little biloped tongue. A mixture of pollen and 

 honey is laid in the cells, formed by the little bee, and 

 the eggs deposited in the cells. These insects are very 

 common in dry sandy banks. 



Lbaf-clttikg Bke {Megachile centuneiilaris). 



I have not space to dwell longer on this most in- 

 teresting Order of Hymenoptera, and must pass over 

 the Cockoo Bees, which, as their name implies, make 

 use of the nests of other species, and the Humble Bees, 

 and the Hive Bees, and content myself with a few words 



