CONTENTS. 



Stratagems employed in procuring food continued 



Renewal of Geometric nets 



Other Spiders' webs 



Spiders which do not form webs or nets 



Diving Spider ... 



Ant Lion . 



Leptis Vermileo ... 



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LETTER XIV. 



HABITATIONS OF INSECTS 



* - 245267 



1. Of tditary insects forming them for their young - - 245257 



Clothier Bees ...... 246 



Carpenter Bees --.... 247 



Mason Bees ----.. 248 



Upholsterer Bees .... 250 



Leaf-cutting Bees - - - - - 251 



Mason Wasp ...... 252 



Leaf-rolling Weevils ..... 253 



Gall Flies - - . . . . 253 



2. Of solitary insects forming them for their own use - - 257 267 



In the interior of leaves - - - - - 258 



Of leaves cut off and rolled up - - - - 258 



Silk ---..-. 26O 



Lichen, Stone, &c. ... 261 



Grass, Bark, &c. (Psyche) .... 262 



Gummy cement (Clythraj .... 262 



Wax (Gatteria) .... 262 



Wool or Hair (Caterpillars of Clothes-Moths) - 263 



Cotton ...... 264 



Grass, Rushes, Sand, &c. (Caddis-worms) - - 264 

 Earth and Silk with a trap door (Spiders) ... 265 

 Air (diving Spider) ..... 267 



LETTER XV. 



HABITATIONS OF INSECTS continued 

 3. Of insects living in society 



Caterpillars 

 Ants 



Hive Bees 

 Humble Bees 

 Wasps - 

 Termites 



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