INSECT INTRUDERS. 



the contents of the bin should be pitch- 

 ed into the fire or into a pail of boiling 

 water and that this procedure should 

 be followed in future when the insects 

 again made their appearance in the 

 godown. 



The Verandah, broad and spacious, 

 is the feature of an Indian bungalow 

 and is often one of the pleasantest of 

 spots to lounge in ; or would be were it 

 not that at certain seasons the insect 

 intruder is apt to prove a most undesir- 

 able companion. Bees and Wasps will 

 probably be amongst the first of such 

 acquaintances to spring to the memory. 



Amongst the commonest of the little 

 Bees in the latter part of the rains is that 

 funny little beggar the mason bee 

 (MegachileJ which forms little clay or 

 mud masses on our walls in any and 

 every conceivable cavity which he thinks 

 will suit him. We must all of us at 

 some time or other have taken up a book 

 and found the leaves stuck together by 

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