Great Exhibition of 1851:-- From the "Cottage Gardener" 255 " "Illustrated London News" 255 " "Express" 255 International Exhibition of 1862:-- From the "Illustrated London News" 259 " "Journal of Horticulture" 259 " "Illustrated News of the World" 261 " "Gardener's Weekly Magazine" 261 Bath and West of England Agricultural Show at Exeter in June, 1863:-- From the "Journal of Horticulture" 264 " "Western Times" 264 " "Devon Weekly Times" 267 " "Exeter Gazette" 267 Royal Agricultural Show, Newcastle, 1864:-- From the "Northern Daily Express" 268 Royal Agricultural Show, Plymouth, 1865:-- From the "Journal of Horticulture" 270 * * * * * ERRATUM. At eleventh line from bottom of page 111, for "three," read "those." [Transcriber Note: Correction seems to have been made.] DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. PLATE I.--(Frontispiece.) 1. Queen-Bee. 1_a_. Antenna of ditto. 1_b_. Hind leg of ditto. 1_c_. Front view of head of ditto. 1_d_. Mandible of ditto. 2. Worker, or imperfect female. 2_a_. Antenna of ditto. 2_b_. Hind leg of ditto, inner side showing the pollen-brushes. 2_b_*. Ditto, outer side showing the pollen-basket. 2_c_*. Side view of head. 2_c_. Back view of ditto, showing the junction of the gullet with the thorax, and position of the tongue and its appendages. 2_d_. Mandible. 3. Male, or drone. 3_a_. Antenna of ditto. 3_b_. Hind leg of ditto. 3_c_. Front view of head of ditto. 3_d_. Mandible of ditto. A. Enlarged view of the wing. B. Hind edge of fore wing showing the thickened margin, and fore edge of hind wing, showing the hooks, which hold on to the thickened margin of the fore wing and keep them together during flight. PLATE II.--<sc>Page 31.</sc>