. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. AGELENA BRUNNEA—EUMENES OOAEOTATA. 371. Kumenea and Agelena. This little wasp constructs small globular cells of mud, and fastens them to the stems of various plants, the common heath being the greatest favorite, so that heath-covered commons are likely to afford specimens of the nest and its architect. Each nest contains only a single cell, and is only intended to rear a single occupant. The wasp is a very useful insect, as it provisions its nest with the
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. AGELENA BRUNNEA—EUMENES OOAEOTATA. 371. Kumenea and Agelena. This little wasp constructs small globular cells of mud, and fastens them to the stems of various plants, the common heath being the greatest favorite, so that heath-covered commons are likely to afford specimens of the nest and its architect. Each nest contains only a single cell, and is only intended to rear a single occupant. The wasp is a very useful insect, as it provisions its nest with the larvas of small lepidoptera, each Eumenes grub requiring a tolerably large supply of caterpillars. As is the case with so many insects, the Eumenes is greatly subject to the attacks of parasites, which contrive to deposit their eggs in the larvae in spite of the hard mud walls of the cell. Mr. Smith mentions that he has had from the nest of the Eumenes an ichneumon fly belonging to the genus Gryptus. In the following illustration are figured the nests of two in- sects, both of them natives of tropical America, and both be- longing to the hymendpterous order. The upper insect is known to entomologists by the name of Trypoxylon aurifrons, but 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 the neck is so very narrow in proportion to the size of the cell, and the rim is so. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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