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entertaining manner, in Mr. Marsham's interesting 

 paper upon the history of Ichneumon manifestator, 

 in the third vokime of the Transactions of the 

 Linnean Society. " It moved rapidly," says he, 

 " over the top of the post, having its antennae bent 

 in the form of an arch, and with a strong vibratory 

 motion feeHng about until it came to a hole made 

 by some insect, into which it thrust its antenna 

 quite to the head. It remained a minute at least 

 m this situation apparently very busy, and then 

 drawing out its antenna came round to the exactly 

 opposite side of the hole, again thrust in its an- 

 tennae and remained nearly the same time. It next 

 proceeded to one side of the hole, repeating the 

 operation, the antennas quivering in a surprizing 

 manner; and having now again drawn out its an- 

 tennae, turned about, and dexterously measuring a 

 proper distance, threw back its abdomen over the 

 head and thorax, at the same time projecting its 



long and delicate tube into the hole. after 



remaining near two minutes in this posture, it drew 

 out the tube, turned round, and again applied its 

 antennae to the hole for nearly the same time as 



before. 1 again paid very particular attention 



to some I saw in Kensington gardens, but more 

 immediately to the action of the antennae, which 

 they thrust into many holes and crevices, but soon 

 drew them out, not finding, I presume, a proper 

 situation for their eggs(z)." Thus far this inge- 

 (2) P. 26, 28. 



nious 



