298 WASP STUDIES AFIELD 



escape, for we once found one dead, ensnared in a spider's 

 web. 



Wasps of all kinds are almost always a hot-weather 

 population; hence we were much surprised, on November 

 1 6, to find a V . maculata, very active, upon the window- 

 pane. It was left there, that its voluntary course of action 

 might be observed. That day was unusually warm; on the 

 cooler days, the wasp was only slightly active. On Novem- 

 ber 28, it was placed in a jelly-glass containing cotton, but 

 either the confinement did not suit it, or its days were near 

 an end, for it survived less than two days more. 



In January, 1910, a large nest was taken at Kimmswick, 

 Missouri, having several dead wasps lying between the tiers 

 of the paper. 





