HONEY-MAKING WASl'S. 



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was an account, of certain wasps which made honey. Some per- 

 sons said that the whole statement was a fabrication, and others 

 remarked that the honey-making insects weie simply bees which 

 De Azara had erroneously considered to be wasps. Time, how- 

 ever, had its usual effect, and De Azara has been proved to be 

 perfectly trustworthy in his remarks. The two specimens which 

 are represented in the illustration are now in the British Museum, 

 and afford tangible proofs that De Azara was right and his 

 detractors wrong. 



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The right-hand figure represents the nest of a curious insect, 

 named by Mr. Adam White Myrapdra scutellaris. The generic 

 title is not very appropriate, being simply a fanciful name, com- 

 posed of the names of two ancient cities, one called Myra, in 

 Lycia, and the other Petra, the capital town of Arabia Petrsea. 



