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 similitude of live wasps ; and the wasp's nest, the primary and 

 only essential object for exhibition, has been deemed a sub- 

 ordinate matter, and, as a subsequent inspection of the nest 

 has shown us, has not had justice at all done to it. The nest 

 is truly an elegant object. We will repeat here, from 

 Vol. III. p. 94., the figure of that of Fespa campanaria, 

 and remark that the nest in Mr. Whitfield's possession is 

 rather a sphere flattened at the poles, than one lengthened at 

 the poles as in fig. 69. ; neither does its central wall pro- 

 trude as \i\Jig. 69. Its walls, concentric, are four, and sur- 

 round four chambers. The central chamber is near an inch 

 in diameter in its most bellied part; and the remaining 

 chambers are each about a quarter of an inch wide ; making 

 the entire diameter of the nest nearly or about two inches. The 

 bottom of the central chamber is occupied by three or four, 



