A MASON-WASP 61 



I believe the Pelopseus is of African origin. Far back in 

 the past she came to us through Spain and Italy, and she 

 hardly ever goes further north than the olive-trees. She is 

 an African who has become a naturalised Provencal. In 

 Africa she is said often to nest under stones, but in the Malay 

 Archipelago we hear of her kinswoman in houses. From one 

 end of the world to the other she has the same tastes Spiders, 

 mud cells, and the shelter of a man's roof. If I were in the 

 Malay Archipelago I should turn over the stone-heaps, and 

 should most likely discover a nest in the original position, 

 under a flat stone. 



