50 SOCIAL HABITATIONS. 
nest have lately been sent to Vienna, but any one who 
wishes to see the specimen from which the sketch on p. 49 
and the above description were taken, may do so by visit- 
ing the Museum at Oxford, where the perfect butterflies 
NEST OF SOCIAL LEV’'IDOPTERA. 
may also be seen. The scientific name of the butterfly 
is Hucheira socialis. 
In the middle of the above illustration may be seen a 
curious object, that looks something like a flattened pin- 
cushion fastened to the branches. ‘This is the nest of 
a social insect, and is, I believe, an unique specimen. It 
