TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
OF 
LONDON. 
I. On the Habits of Megachile centuncularis. By GrorcE 
Newport, F.R.C.S. &c. President of the Entomological 
Society. 
[Read 5 September, 1842. ] 
So much attention has been paid by naturalists to the habits and 
economy of the Hymenoptera, that it has now become difficult for 
any one to detail the results of his observations on the well known 
families of this order, without subjecting himself to the chance 
of being regarded by the superficial hypereritic as only re-stating 
what does not require further investigation. But so varied are 
the circumstances that influence the habits of every species, that 
almost every one is enabled to add something, even to the best 
established facts. 
Every carefully pursued investigation, therefore, is of value, 
although its principal facts may be well known, since it is only 
by the most attentive and repeated observations that we can hope 
to become fully acquainted with the habits of any one species, 
and be enabled to arrive at some conclusion in regard to the cause 
of the variations which are constantly taking place in the pro- 
ceedings of these interesting “ little miniatures of creation.” 
With this feeling I am induced to lay before the Society some 
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