72 THE SOLITARY WASPS. 



claimed for Mellinus by Mr. Curtis (p. 175); for Pelopacus by 

 Bonnet (p. 206); and for Spliex by Mr. Bartram (p. 20T). 

 These statements, and also those pertaining to Bembex, were dis- 

 believed by Westwood who thought that only social wasps re- 

 visited the nest after the egg had been laid. Certainly Sphex 

 and Pelopaeus have entirely different habits. Of Mellinus we 

 have no knowledge. 



