Size does not protict an Iii-cct from the attack of the hornct-nv ; neither do poweifiil jaws aiul ileaUlv >liug.-,. The horiiet-llv coiniuonly 

 kills bees, wasps, and tiger-beetles, and has not seldom been seen to destroy e\'en the coniparativelv hiige'and by no means unprotected 

 dragon-ay. The principal figure here shows one piercing a dragon-fly in the most vital part. Above another has captured a wasp. 



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