Chapter XXIV: Section 2: Cenobites (dwellers in community) (4)

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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ The drawing for Fig. 5 (on page 26 of the printed book) was
corrected to show that (b) is the face and the two arrows pointing
to the compound eyes are marked (d).
○ Missing or obscured punctuation were corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ On page 250, the number of the Genus was wrong. It was changed
from
“Genus 2. ANTHOPHORA, _Latreille_.” to
“Genus 11. ANTHOPHORA, _Latreille_.”
○ On page 211, in the description of Genus 5, the notation for the
sexes shows the female symbol inverted. There is no other use of
the symbol in this manner, so it was corrected. (Plate V. fig. 1 ♂
♀.)
○ Spelling and hyphenation were made consistent when a predominant
form was found in this book; otherwise it was not changed.

End of Project Gutenberg's British Bees, by William Edward (W. E.) Shuckard