. The American entomologist and botanist. , 134]. Mee West—J. R. MuUeman, Woodbvr/i, His.—Thedelicate silken cells, each aboiit inch long, whichare placed contiguously in a hollow currant stem, thebore of which has a diameter inch, are built by some speciesof small bee, and in all probability,as you suggest, by one belongingto the genus Geratina. The larvajwhich are now (March 25th) con-tained in these cells agree (as thecells themselves do) very well withDr. Packards description of thoseof the Double Geratina (0. duplo,Say»). Should they prove to bethis species, an important error
. The American entomologist and botanist. , 134]. Mee West—J. R. MuUeman, Woodbvr/i, His.—Thedelicate silken cells, each aboiit inch long, whichare placed contiguously in a hollow currant stem, thebore of which has a diameter inch, are built by some speciesof small bee, and in all probability,as you suggest, by one belongingto the genus Geratina. The larvajwhich are now (March 25th) con-tained in these cells agree (as thecells themselves do) very well withDr. Packards description of thoseof the Double Geratina (0. duplo,Say»). Should they prove to bethis species, an important error inits natural history will be correct-ed; for, from the fact that the §has been observed to deposit eggsin the middle of May, Dr. Pack-ard concludes that there is but onebrood each year, and that the per-fect insect hibernates. If we areright in referring these cells to Ger-atina, however, there are evidentlytwo broods each year, the secondbrood hibernating in the larviestate; and this seems the morelikely, since even in New York and <
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