HAVING EYES, THEY SEE 35 



when one is sitting near their holes would 

 lead to the conclusion that they can see, 

 and see well, if eyes are eyes in insectdom, 

 and if gestures mean there what they do 

 with us. 



Each of Vespa s compound eyes con- 

 tains several hundred hexagonal facets, 

 and they doubtless enable her to see long 

 distances, as she is exceedingly swift, 

 strong, and direct in her flight. Unlike 

 the honey bees, she has no hairs between 

 the facets of her eyes. 



A white or yellow semilunar line cuts 

 her compound eyes partly in two above 

 the antennae. Her forehead seems to in- 

 fringe upon her eye-space indeed, and by 

 thus cutting into her eyes gives her lady- 

 ship a very decorative front. 



The faces of wasps vary greatly in ap- 

 pearance, the shield-like " clypeus " above 

 the jaws being coloured and shaped differ- 



