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mention only a single nest of similar construction, found in 

 a, garden at East-Dale. This nest is of a flattened globular 

 figure, and composed of a great number of envelopes, so as 

 to assume a considerable resemblance to a half- -expanded 

 Provence rose. The British specimen mentioned by Kirby and 



Spence had only one platform of cells ; Eeaumur had two ; 

 but there was a large vacant space, which would probably 

 have been filled with cells, had the nest not been taken away 

 as a specimen. The whole nest was not much larger than a 

 rose, and was composed of paper exactly similar to that 

 employed by the common ground- wasp.* 



* In the Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1839, p. 458, Mr. Shuckard gives an account 

 of the nest of a wasp, which he regards as Vespa Britannica, remarkable for 

 the material of which it was constructed, and for the locality in which it was 

 found. This nest, which was exhibited at a meeting of the Entomological 

 Society, was found near Croydon, built in a sparrow's nest, and attached to the 



