HONEY-MAKING WASPS. 
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In the accompanying illustration are represented two nests, 
both from tropical America, and both found in similar localities. 
These are the habitations of two species of wasp, which are 
remarkable for their honey-making powers. 
NECTARINIA. MYRAPETRA. 
In the year 1 780, a Spanish officer named Don Felix de Azara 
was raised from the rank of captain to that of lieutenant-colonel, 
and sent to Paraguay, in order to decide a dispute concerning the 
limits of the possessions respectively held by Spain and Portugal. 
