2VG HYMENOPTBRA. 
living, like tbem, in a state of society, di- 
viding their labours, and displaying the 
same ingenuity in the construction of their 
nests. Some of these are great hills, often 
or twelve feet in height; and others, 
circular towers, of equal diameter at the 
hase and summit, where they are covered 
by a pointed roof, with a projecting eave, 
as you shall see in his plates. 
