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STRANGE DWELLINGS . 
known to entomologists by the name of Trypoxyloli aiirifrons , 
but has at present no popular name. 
This insect makes a great number of earthen cells, shaped 
something like those of the last-mentioned species; the cells 
being remarkable for the form of the entrance, which is 
narrowed and rounded as shown in the figure. In some cases 1 
the neck is so very narrow in proportion to the size of the cell, 
and the rim is so neatly turned over, that the observer is irre- 
TRYPOXYLON AND PELOPJEUS. 
sistibly reminded of the neck of a glass bottle. The insect 
makes quite a number of these nests, sometimes fastening them 
to branches, as shown in the illustration, but as frequently fixing 
them to beams of houses. It has a great fancy for the corners 
of verandahs, and builds therein whole rows of cells, buzzing 
loudly the while, and attracting attention by the noise which 
it makes. 
The lower insect is the pretty Prfopteus fistularis , with its 
