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* those of the wasps, and capped with wax’. I put 
“the comb into a glass jar, and the day following 
“had the gratification of finding that they had eaten 
“ their way out of the cells.” Mr. Wood has called this 
species of ichneumon, Anomalon Vesparum; it dif- 
fers considerably from Mr. Denison’s, and is much 
smaller. Mr. Curtis afterwards saw the cells con- 
taining its young, and says, “ It is worthy of remark, 
“that the cells of the wasp containing the ano- 
* malon, were closed like the others, and upon open- 
“ ing them, the exuvize of the wasp’s grub filled up a 
“ space of about one third of the cell, from which we 
“ conclude that the eggs were deposited in the bodies 
“ of the larva, and lived upon them till they became 
** nymphe.” 
These late discoveries, as well as the many in- 
stances of disagreement and probable error, which I 
have pointed out, in the accounts both of the older 
and more recent writers upon the natural history of 
wasps, shew that there is still much room for fur- 
ther observations upon their habits; and I hope that 
some other members of the Society may be induced 
to carry on these investigations, so as to clear up 
any doubts which still exist. 
v I conclude that the covering of the cells of the ichneumon 
was not made of waa, but of that same silky substance in 
which the larve of other insects of that class envelope them- 
selves. 
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