ee” SNUMBER 30” 227 
It was clear she no longer feared the presence of 
man. 
On June 19, at 10.30 a.M., I placed one of the 
tin mouse-excluders, previously described (page 119), 
containing a slot only just large enough for her to 
pass through, over the mouth of the tunnel. At 
3 P.M. she was seen to enter the slot without the 
least hesitation. 
June 21,5 p.m. Another tea-party. Arriving on 
the scene she disregarded us, and flew between the 
legs of a chair into her hole. 
On the other hand a passing /apzdarius queen 
took notice of an old bag lying in the grass in the 
paddock near by, and flew backwards and forwards 
over it as if she was much annoyed with it. Then 
she passed on. She may have been a queen from 
one of my other /apzdarius nests, six of which were 
situated within thirty yards. 
June 26. The queen was seen flying to her hole 
with her tail inclining to the left side, as if she had 
met with an accident. I inspected her and found 
that the tip of her right front wing was gone, and 
that in consequence she had to turn her tail to the 
left in order to steer straight when flying with a 
heavy load. 
I again cleared out the nest cavity. It contained 
a number of young millipedes, and about twenty very 
small white earwigs. 
June 27. The weather having been cold and 
stormy in the evening, I thought it advisable to see 
if I could give the queen some food, as I knew she 
