Bethnal Green Branch Museum List Of The Contents Of The Collection Of Economic Entomology PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...ApidE.--(Collection of Wild Bees' Nests.)--continued. (In course of re-arrangement.) CASE LVI!. HYMENOPTERA--continued. Vespide.--(Wasps.) (In course of re-arrangement.) CASE LVIII. HYMENOPTE R A--continued. Vespide (Wasps)--continued. Presented by Miss Eleanor Ormerod. 1. Vespa vulgaris, wasps' cells, closed tops. 2., black deposit (dung) of the larvae in their first stage, con solidated at bottom of cells. 3., section of comb, showing curve of cells. 4., magnified sketch of do. 5-.. comb from nest of Vespa vulgaris taken out of nest, turned upside down and replaced. The wasps have built paper huts, screening part of the cells, and papered up the mouths of some of the cells, probably removing the larvae. Pupae are in the properly closed cells. NO. 6. Vespa vulgaris, piece of comb from a disturbed nest, some of the cells papered up. 7., beetles (Carabus violaceus) eating up lame, etc., from a broken nest. 8., crabro, hornet, specimens of male. 9.,, neuters. 10.,, females. 11. female hornet in a cell made in the bark of a tree to pass the winter in. The cell laid open to show the insect. 12. Vespa germanica, specimens of males. 13.,, females. 14., sylvestris, females. 15., vulgaris, males. 16.,, neuters. 17.,, females. Illustrations of the life of Rhipiphorus Paradoxus, a beetle parasitic on the wasp. iS. Wasp grub, with larva of the parasite (Rhipiphorus paradoxus) in its first stage inside; in nature not visible unless the grub be opened. 19. Specimens of wasp grubs of various ages, from a nest infested by the parasite, and thus one or more of them may possibly contain it. 20. Rhipiphorus paradoxus, enlarged figure in its first larval stage, which it passes in the inside of...