More Hunting Wasps 



paradoxical still. I shall return to the sub- 

 ject after discussing the Osmiae, who are very 

 weighty witnesses in this grave affair.^ 



1 Cf. Bramble-bees and Others: chaps, iii. to v. The 

 student is recommended to read these three chapters in 

 conjunction with the present chapter, to which they form 

 a sequel, with that on the Osmiae (chap. ii. of the above 

 volume) intervening. — Translator's Note. 



O/^'X 



