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It was clear she no longer feared the presence of 

 man. 



On June 19, at 10.30 a.m., I placed one of the 

 tin mouse-excluders, previously described (page 1 19), 

 containing a slot only just large enough for her to 

 pass through, over the mouth of the tunnel. At 

 3 p.m. she was seen to enter the slot without the 

 least hesitation. 



June 21, 5 p.m. Another tea-party. Arriving on 

 the scene she disregarded us, and flew between the 

 legs of a chair into her hole. 



On the other hand a passing lapidarius queen 

 took notice of an old bag lying in the grass in the 

 paddock near by, and flew backwards and forwards 

 over it as if she was much annoyed with it. Then 

 she passed on. She may have been a queen from 

 one of my other lapidarius nests, six of which were 

 situated within thirty yards. 



June 26. The queen was seen flying to her hole 

 with her tail inclining to the left side, as if she had 

 met with an accident. I inspected her and found 

 that the tip of her right front wing was gone, and 

 that in consequence she had to turn her tail to the 

 left in order to steer straight when flying with a 

 heavy load. 



I again cleared out the nest cavity. It contained 

 a number of young millipedes, and about twenty very 

 small white earwigs. 



June 27. The weather having been cold and 

 stormy in the evening, I thought it advisable to see 

 if I could give the queen some food, as I knew she 



