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IIYMENOPTERA. 
thin coating, like goldbeaters’ skin, of some substance 
secreted by itself, which is laid on in a fluid state by 
the little biloped tongue. A mixture of pollen and 
honey is laid in the cells, formed by the little bee, and 
the eggs deposited in the cells. These insects are very 
common in dry sandy banks. 
Lsaf-cittixo B::e (Migachile centn/icu'aris). 
I have not space to dwell longer on this most in¬ 
teresting Order of Hymenoptera, and must pass over 
the Cockoo Bees, which, as their name implies, make 
use of the nests of other species, and the I rumble Bees, 
and the Hive Bees, and content myself with a few words 
