[By Thco. Carrcras, 

 The W'Asi'-XiiST J^kktle and its Like-Histokv. 



In the uppii- part of the j^icture. a wasp engaged in scraping wood is siHTOundod bv nowlv-hatched grubs of the beetle, which chng to it, and 

 get carried to tlie wasp's nest. In the first of the enlarged cells below one has got under the skin of the wasp-gi-iib. In the second cell it has 

 changed its form and feeds externally. In the third cell the beetle-grub has grown to a large size, and is sucking the dwindled wasp-grub"; 

 finally, it has become a chrysalis. The male (left) and female beetlesare shown above the cells. About four times the natural size. 



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