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MR. CECIL'S remarks on the spider-hunting wasp (NATURE, vol. xvii. p. 381) have interested me greatly, these wasps being very common here. Two species are continually hovering about the wall-plates and eaves of my house in search of their prey, which they hunt out with most praiseworthy perseverance. Both are thin-bodied, but one is half as long again and has a larger body, as also broader black rings than the other. A few remarks may be of interest to your readers.
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ARMIT, W. Power of Stupefying Spiders possessed by Wasps.—Mimicry in Birds. Nature 18, 642–643 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018642c0
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