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 Stratagems employed in procuring food continued. 



Renewal of Geometric nets - - 236 

 Other Spiders' webs 



Spiders which do not form webs or nets - - 239 



Diving Spider - - 240 



Ant Lion .... - 242 



Leptis Vermileo - - - 244 



LETTER XIV. 



HABITATIONS OF INSECTS - - 245 261 



1. Of solitary insects forming them for their young - 245 257 



Clothier Bees ... - 246 

 Carpenter Bees - 



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 



Ifl the interior of leaves - - 258 



Of leaves cut off and rolled up - 258 



Silk - - 260 



- 261 



- 262 



- 262 



- 262 



- 263 



- 264 



Lichen, Stone, &c. - - 



Grass, Bark, &c. (Psyche) 



Gummy cement (Clythrd) - 



Wax (Galleria) 



Wool or Hair (Caterpillars of Clothes- Moths) 



Cotton - - 



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 - - 268 289 



3. Of insects living in society 268289 



Caterpillars - - 268 



Ants 



Hive Bees ... - 



Humble Bees ... 



Wasps - 



Termites ^ 85 



