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would have been ; many of the females must have been killed 

 by the cold wealher which occurred during the spring and 

 summer. 



The leaf-cutter bees, which make a thimble of pieces of 

 leaves for their nest, and then close the entrance with circular 

 pieces after having put in a sufficient mixture of honey and 

 pollen, are said by Shuckard to fix the circular pieces in and 

 hold them in their places by slightly springing them ; but in 

 a cell [ examined of Megachile maritima the pieces were 

 certainly cemented in their places round the edge with a 

 substance which looked like wax laid on very thinly, but 

 still clearly perceptible. 



At Brundall, at the end of July, I had the good fortune lo 

 take another male specimen of Macropis labiata; it was at 

 the little thistle. This makes the fifth specimen taken in 

 Britain, which are all males; and I think, without doubt, 

 establishes this as the locality for the one Mr. Brown took 

 last year. There is hardly any doubt but that the female 

 will yet be taken there, if looked for. At the same time and 

 place I took two females of the rare Nomada xanthosticta ; 

 the bad weather, which prevailed at the time, most likely had 

 something to do with ray not taking more of either species. 

 The day I took them the sun shone for full half an hour, 

 when, as usual, a storm came on, and I got — instead of more 

 insects — a wetting. Andrena decorata again abounded at the 

 flowers of the bramble in this neighbourhood; and, though 

 most plentiful, the red variety were very scarce indeed, 

 nearly all being dark. 



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The flowers I have found most frequented by bees are 

 willows, sallows, blackthorn, dandelions, veronica, sycamore, 

 brambles, thistles, ragwort, havvkweed, heath, and the 

 Umbelliferae. 



In conclusion, should any feel inclined to study this very 

 interesting branch of natural history, I shall be most happy 

 to render ihera any assistance that lies in my power. 



J. B. Bridgman. 



Description of the Larva of Nola albulalis.— The larva ol 

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