out of ■which it may sometimes be discovered 

 obtruding its black head, '' like an imp of dark- 

 ness just emerging from the infernal regions." 

 The most likely method of obtaining this insect, 

 and probably other species^, is to collect as many 

 of the bees as possible, by means of the forceps, 

 taking care not to hurt them, and put a few 

 together, under a tumbler, supply them with 

 a little honey and sugar, and allow them air; or, 

 a better plan, to any one interested in the sub- 

 ject, would be to construct a small square cage, 

 having the sides covered with wire gauze, and 

 in addition'to honey and sugar, stalks of sallow 

 and fresh flowers, might be put into a wide 

 mouthed bottle of water and placed in the cage, 

 and the stalks changed every night. In speaking 

 above of collecting all the bees for this purpose, 

 I do not mean the honey bee, fJpis MeUiJica,) 

 nor the humble bees fBombiJ ; it is, however, 

 not impossible, that they may be subject to the 

 attack of a similar parasite. 



esting insect, Vide Kirby's " Moiiographia Ai)um Anglire," 

 Vol, ii. p. 110, and piate 14, No. 2. Fig. 1. &c. 



