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SELECT CALENDAR OF BRITISH INSECTS. 



Ripiphorus paradoxus. This curious insect 

 is, I believe, invariably found in the nest of 

 the common wasp, or its immediate vicinity. 

 The female deposits her eggs in the cells of 

 the wasp's comb, and leaves them to be fed, 

 protected, and reared in the same manner as 



