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Stratagems employed in procuring food — continued. 



Renewal of Geometric nets _ - - 352 



Other Spiders' webs - 354 



Spiders which do not form webs or nets - - 356 



Diving Spider - - - - 359 

 Ant Lion ----- 360 



Leptis Vermileo - - - 364 



LETTER XIV. 



Habitations OF Insects - - - 366—401 



1. Of solitary insects forming them for their young 367 — 385 



Clothier Bees - 368 



Carpenter Bees _ - - _ 36*9 



Mason Bees - - - - 371 



Upholsterer Bees _ _ - - 374 



Leaf-cutting Bees - - - 375 



Mason Wasp - - _ . . 377 



Leaf-rolling VTeevils - - - - 378 



Gall FHes - - - - 379 



2. Of solitary insects forming them for their own use 385 — 401 



In the interior of leaves - - 386 



Of leaves cut off and rolled up - - - 387 



Silk - - - - 390 



Lichen, Stone, &c. - 392 



Grass, Bark, &c. (^Psyche) - . - 393 



Gummy cement (^Clythra) - - ggg 



Wax (Galleria) - - - _ 393 



Wool or Hair (Caterpillars of Clothes moths) - 394 

 Cotton ----- 395 



Grass, Rushes, Sand, &c. (Caddis-worms) - 396 



Earth and Silk with a trap door (Spiders) - - 398 



Air (diving Spider) - - - - 40O 



LETTER XV. 



Habitations of Insects — continued - - 402 — 434 



3. Of insects living in society - - 402 — 434 



Caterpillars 402 



Ants - - _ _ . 404 



Hive Bees - - - - _ 408 



Humble Bees - - - - 422 

 Wasps ----- 424 



Termites - - - - - 428 



