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of the mentum; “afterwards the poor bee is subjected to a violent 
process of kneading by which the honey is forced from it.” It is then 
carried to the burrow of Philanthus. This burrow may be a yard long. 
Some very interesting 
and original observations 
upon this species are to be 
found on pp. 150 to 178 in 
Fabre’s Social Life in the 
Insect World, Century Co. 
LONG and reterence to) the 
Same especies arey ito) be 
noted in “The Hunting 
Wasps” by the same au- 
thor. 
The habits of Philanthus 
Fig. 107. Philanthus dubius Cress., male. punctatus are discussed at 
length in the Wisconsin 
volume above alluded to. Aphilanthops frigidus Sm. provisions its 
nest with queen Ants (Wheeler “Jl. of Animal Behavior,” Vol. III, 
374-387, 1913.) 
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Pe Sey 
Fig. 108. Philanthus ventilabris Fab., male. 
P. (Philanthus) punctatus Say, P. (P.) dubius Cress., and P. 
(Pseudanthophilus) ventilabris Fab. are on record as occurring in Min- 
nesota. Philanthus gibbosus Fab. taken by Viereck Sept. 10 in Rock 
Co., and Philanthus sp. taken along lake shore in St. Louis Co., Aug. 
15. Eucerceris gonata Cress. was collected at Gray Cloud Island, 
Minn., in August. For an illustration of P. (P.) solivagus Say, see 
Howard’s Insect Book, Pl. III fig. 3. 
