122 WASPS. 



round us, and I am not surprised at the proportion you mention. I 

 think, however, it is probably commoner in our sandy districts than 

 elsewhere." Three other species were present in the few specimens 

 I forwarded. 



It is of some interest to note that of the Queens sent me, some 

 were more or less coated with white. This, it was explained, was 

 from the lime under the Gooseberry-bushes, amongst which they had 

 fallen. Is it possible that in these instances the Queens might be 

 doing us good by searching out Eed Spider ? On the 28th of April, 

 Mr. Foard Harris noted: — " My gardener tells me that during the last 

 few days, most of the catches have been on the Lilac-flowers." 



So far as I can judge from reports of 1894 regarding Wasp-attaclc, 

 there was early in the year much popular fear of a new attack, and 

 attention was widely directed to destruction of the Queens ; and then 

 (as a widespread grievance at least) the matter appears to have died 

 away. As usual, there was some amount of Wasp-presence, but in 

 contrast to the widespread mischief and trouble of 1893, the absence 

 of reports in 1894 is worth record to show that the outbreak of one 

 year is by no means necessarily followed by a similar one in the year 

 following. 



