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turned down, the silken cap could not hold 

 the weight of the now motionless pupa, 

 and it fell crashing through, — an accident 

 which terminated fatally, as once exposed 

 to the air it could not transform. 



The fourth larva gave up the unequal 

 contest and died without attempting to 

 spin, and the one that spun 

 first also died in its cell with- J«jC 



out developing its wings. 



It is an easy matter to tame ^^^^Jr-^\ 

 Polistes,particularly if thenest - -^ -- 

 is taken early in the season before many 

 wasps have hatched out. 



Although the adult wasps were all re- 

 moved from the nest described, others 

 soon hatched out and they were so tame 

 that the nest could be picked up while 

 they were on it without exciting their 

 displeasure. 



The drones that hatched from this nest 

 all had white faces, although the faces of 

 the other wasps were brown. 



