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that the nests were deep in the bank, very little comb, and 

 the colonies not large. Near to one of these nests we found 

 one suspended in the hedgerow. It would be the size of a 

 quart basin, oblong in form, with the entrance at the bottom. 

 This species of wasp, unlike ilsless anddarker relations, always 

 shows good sport on being molested. These nests are rare ; 

 some years you may find several, and then for three or four years 

 none. In I860 there were two in my garden — one in a goose- 

 berry-bush, and another suspended under a projection in the 

 garden-wall. One of my neighbours had two in his hedge- 

 row, and another had one in a rose-bush. Since that time I 

 have neither seen nor heard of one until last July. In July, 

 when pulling red currants, I found a wasp's nest suspended to 

 the bough of a red currant bush ; it was less than a hen's 

 egg, pear-shaped and with an entrance at the bottom. It was 

 forsaken, and never contained any comb. In 1852 I found a 

 similar nest suspended to the under side of a wooden spout 

 over a kitchen-door. It contained one row of comb, contain- 

 ing eight cells, but they were, when found (November), 

 empty. — J. Rnnson ; York. 



57. Duplicates. — Zygajna Minos, Liparis dispar, Calli- 

 morpha dominula, Hepialus hectus, Apamea connexa, Xylo- 

 phasia scolopacina, Krastria fuscula, Clostera anachoreta, 

 Nyssia zonaria, Notodonta camelina, Smerinthus Populi, As- 

 pilates strigillaria, and Saturnia Carpini. — E. Newman. 



At Home. — Fridays, November 4, 11 and 18, from 6 to 9 

 o'clock. — E. Newman ; T,YorkGrove, Queens Road, Peckham.' 



Cabinets of British Lepidoptera. — The sales announced 

 in the 'Entomologist,' No. 7, are postponed until November 8. 



Edwin Birchall will be much obliged by correspondents 

 forwarding at once any post boxes of his which are now in 

 their possession. Upward of fifty boxes sent out last year 

 have not yet been returned. — Oakjield Villa, Birkenltead, 

 September 5, 1864. 



^^ No. 9 of the 'Entomologist' will be published on 

 the 1st of December. 



