NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 
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Revengeful Bees. — My jay hanging in his usual nook under a large 
bough of ivy which forms a natural archway in our garden, was once attacked by 
a bee, which he promptly despatched and left dead on the floor of his cage. An 
hour or so elapsed, when I observed that Jacob was in an unusual state of excite- 
ment, and that a great commotion was going on in his cage. Of course I imme- 
diately went to investigate, and found myself in the midst of an angry swarm, 
while dead bees lay thickly strewn on his floor. He was, however, getting quite 
exhausted and overpowered by numbers, and I was obliged to take him indoors 
for protection — not an easy task in the face of such an infuriated multitude. I 
tried hanging him out again the next day with the same result, and for more than 
a week he was forced to remain a prisoner. Gradually the attacking bees ce^ed 
to avenge their comrade, and by the end of five or six days his memory was 
forgotten. A. G. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
F. W. K. — We have forwarded the stamps, but will you kindly read Rule 5 ? 
K. R. — .Stainton’s “Manual of British Butterflies and Moths ” (2 vols., los.); 
Kappel and Kirby’s “ Beetles, Butterflies and Moths ” (4s.) ; Coleman’s “ British 
Butterflies ” and Wood’s “Common British Moths” (plain, is., coloured 3s. 6d). 
We cannot determine the insect from your description. 
Stratlimore. — Hemp {Cannabis saliva). 
W. W. — A rayless form of Aster Tripolium. 
F. M. B. — Mr. Kirby says : — “ The caterpillar is apparently that of Orgyia 
fascelina, Linn., the dark Tussock Moth, not an uncommon species, especially in 
the North of England and Scotland, which feeds on a great variety of plants.” 
F. D. P. — Can you send a better specimen ? The plant is not British. 
C. H. B. W. — Hairy Tare ( Vida hirsuta.) 
M. A. P. — Hyqrophorus cocdneus. 
M. L. D. — (i) Hemp Nettle (Galeopsis Tetrahit) ; (2) Hedge Woundwort 
(Stackys sylvatica). 
B. B. and E. S. — We cannot find room for the appeals. 
Mrs. C. — See answer to F. W. K. 
A. B. — Eyebright {Euphrasia offidnalis). The book you name is useful for 
beginners. 
W. W. F. — Mr. Murray says: — “A very bad specimen of Idissula, most 
likely R. helerophylla, but there is no stalk, and the pileus is badly preserved.” 
T. D. — Cynips rosa. 
Greyhound. —Mr. Kirby says “The gray larva is the grub of the common 
cockchafer ; the yellow one is the caterpillar of the Ghost Moth.” 
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