FAMILIiE. (Apis. **. c. 2. /3.) 375 



pappus oi Anemone sylvestris, which is of a more 

 silky texture. 



There were several cells, or cases, included in 

 the lock, unconnected with each other, except by 

 the wool which was their common covering. These 

 cases were of an oval form (z), and consisted of an 

 exterior coat of wool ; under this was a membra- 

 naceous cell, of a pale colour, which was covered 

 with a number of small vermiform masses of a 

 brown substance, seemingly made of pollen and 

 honey, in shape and size much resembling Sphceria 

 canaliculata, and like that fungus distinguished by 

 a longitudinal furrow slightly impressed («) . These 

 were laid, without any regular order, over the cell ; 

 and by means of them the wool which formed its 

 exterior coat was made to adhere. It is remarkable 

 that this bee should employ those materials to 

 cover its cells, which others use only as food for 

 their larvae. At the summit of this membrana- 

 ceous case is a small chimney with an orifice (Z'), 

 and within it contains another cell, which is rather 

 coriaceous, strong, and of a brow^n colour, in the 

 inside shining very much as if covered with tin- 

 foil (c). This may be the folliculus or coccoon 

 made by the larva, previous to its assuming the 

 pupa. 1 opened one of these in the autumn, and 

 another in the spring. In both the animal was 

 still in its larva state, but had no food remaining in 



{%) Tab. 14. n. 11. fig 13. (a) Ibid. fig. 14. aa. fig, \7. 



{b) Ibid. fig. 15, 16. (c) Ibid, fig. 16. 



its 



