[296] Brit. Ent. t. 154.
[297] Oliv. Entomolog. i. no. 8. 17.
[298] Plate [XIX]. Fig. 11. Vol. I. [267]. Latreille Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 322.
[299] Apis. * * e. 2. K.
[300] Dr. Fleming however, in Literis, doubts whether the reason here assigned is the cause of the resemblance between the Bombus and Volucella; he thinks if a bee knows a stranger of its own species, it could not be deceived by a fly in the disguise of a bee. But the fact that these insects lay their eggs in their nests, and that they resemble humble-bees, seems to justify the conclusion drawn in the text. They must get in often undiscovered.
[301] Latreille, Annal. du Mus. 1810. 5.
[302] One would almost wish that the same superstition prevailed here which Sparrman observes is common in Sweden, with respect to these animals. "Simple people," says he, "believe that their sins will be forgiven if they set a cockchafer on its legs." Voyage, i. 28.
[303] Cigales, f. 85.
[304] Ibid. f. 115. Coquebert, Illustr. Ic. ii. t. xxviii. f. 5.
[305] Stoll, Cigales, f. 163. Comp. Pallas, Spicil. Zool. t. i. f. 12.