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East Road, City Road. — Charles Healy ; 74, Napier Street, 

 Ho X ton, N. 



Bedellia somnulentella. — This little larva, which \u former 

 years used to be so uncertain in its appearance, has of late 

 become much more regular in its attendance, it having again 

 put in an appearance this season at its old localities, but, so 

 far as my observations extend, in greatly diminished num- 

 bers. Much to ray surprise I met with some of the larvae in 

 Blackstock Lane, Highbury : this is certainly the nearest 

 locality to London that I have yet met with them. — Id. 



Bees and Wasps drinking at a Pond. — Just past the 'Fox' 

 at Shirley, Surrey, on ihe road to West Wickhara Wood, 

 there is on the left-hand side of the road a little pond partly 

 fenced round : all through the summer, every time 1 passed 

 the pond, 1 noticed a number of bees, together with a few 

 wasps, engaged imbibing the water from the pond itself, or 

 else absorbing the moisture from the damp mould at the 

 sides. On the 5th of August I spent some time in closely 

 watching them, and, whilst so engaged, old Ben, a native of 

 the neighbourhood, came to the pond to fetch some water : I 

 asked him if he had ever previously observed them so en- 

 gaged, to which he replied, " Not as I know on, but you see 

 the weather is so howdaciously warm, the poor creeters be 

 thusty." I quite satisfied myself that their sole object in 

 visiting the pond was for the purpose of drinking the water, 

 as I noticed, in every instance, that as soon as each bee or 

 wasp had satisfied its thirst it flew away with a cheerful hum, 

 and so made room for others, there being a steady flow of 

 thirsty souls to the little pond. Having only seen one 

 species of bee frequenting the pond, 1 presume it is not the 

 usual habit of the aculeate Hymenoptera to drink water. — Id. 



Premiiun for the Destruction of Wasps. — Mr. J. F. 

 Brockholes, of Claughton Hall, near Preston, wishing to pre- 

 vent or diminish as much as possible the ravages of the 

 wasps during the summer among his fruit, recently off"ered a 

 bonus of a penny per head on every wasp that was caught 

 and killed within one mile of his residence. These for the 

 most part would be female wasps which had survived the 

 winter, and were preparing materials for their nests for the 

 purpose of depositing their eggs. The children of the tenants 

 and workmen on the estate, hearing of the proffered bonus, 



