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be insurmountable and so conclusive, that I cannot think 

 otherwise than that the author has drawn his deductions 

 from insufficient evidence and from illusory observation. 



I have introduced this subject in the hope that some 

 readers of the Entomologist's Annual may be induced to 

 follow up this interesting subject, and that the science of 

 Entomology may benefit by their investigations. 



Note. — I have just received from Mr. McLachlan a 

 specimen of Polistes higuttatus ?, captured at Liverpool, by 

 Mr. Nicholas Cooke, in the office of a wool warehouse ; it is 

 certainly remarkable that this species only of the genus, so 

 abundantly represented in species in Brazil, should be im- 

 ported into this country. 



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