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would have been; many of the females must have been killed 
by the cold weather which occurred during the spring and 
summer. 
The leaf-cutter bees, which make a thimble of pieces of 
leaves for their nest, and then close the entrance with circular 
pieces after having put in a sufficient mixture of honey and 
pollen, are said by Shuckard to fix the circular pieces in and 
hold them in their places by slightly springing them; but in 
a cell [ examined of Megachile maritima the pieces were 
certainly cemented in their places round the edge with a 
substance which looked like wax laid on very thinly, but 
sull clearly perceptible. 
At Brundall, at the end of July, I had the good fortune to 
take another male specimen of Macropis labiata; it was at 
the little thistle. This makes the fifth specimen taken in 
Britain, which are all males; and I think, without doubt, 
establishes this as the locality for the one Mr. Brown took 
last year. There is hardly any doubt but that the female 
will yet be taken there, if looked for. At the same time and 
place I took two females of the rare Nomada xanthosticta ; 
the bad weather, which prevailed at the time, most likely had 
something to do with my not taking more of either species. 
The day I took them the sun shone for full half an hour, 
when, as usual, a storm came on, and I got—instead of more 
insects—a wetting. Andrena decorata again abounded at the 
flowers of the bramble in this neighbourhood; and, though 
most plentiful, the red variety were very scarce indeed, 
nearly all being dark. 
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The flowers I have found most frequented by bees are 
willows, sallows, blackthorn, dandelions, veronica, sycamore, 
brambles, thistles, ragwort, hawkweed, heath, and the 
Umbellifere. 
In conclusion, should any feel inclined to study this very 
interesting branch of natural history, I shall be most happy 
to render them any assistance that lies in my power. 
J. B. BriveMan. 
Descripiion of the Larva of Nola albuilalis.—The larva ot 
this insect has been known for some time past, but hitherto 
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