[1] Cf. The Hunting Wasps: chap. vii.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[2] Hylotoma rosæ, the Saw-fly of the Rose. Cf. Chapter XII. of the present volume.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[3] A Beetle whose larva lives in the shoots of cherry- and walnut-trees, as well as in those of alder and elm. Cf. Chapter XII. of the present volume.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[4] Or Greenbottles. Cf. The Life of the Fly: chap. ix.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[5] Cf. The Life of the Fly: chap. ix.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[6] Rove-beetles.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[7] Bacon-beetles.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

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CHAPTER XII

THE VOLUCELLA