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INSECTS TO BE HANDLED WITH CAUTION 



Species of ATutilla are knowii as \el\'et ants, the reason being e\"ident. They are not ants, howe\'er, but wasps, 

 and the wingless female should be handled with care. If insects are known by their works, the nest of the potter wasp, 

 Eunienes, should recommend it. Chrysis is beautiful in appearance but lazy; it is a cuckoo wasp and lays its eggs in the 

 nests of other wasps. Odytierus and Monobia are related to Eunienes. Vespa maculata is the black hornet that 

 makes the large paper nest on trees. V. coTnniJinis is a yellow jacket that makes a smaller but similar nest undergroimd. 

 V. crabro has been introduced from Europe 



