lU.rr, HUNTRESS 485 



wasp, hill tlie removal of all, causes deforiiicd legs owing- to 

 the abdoineii sagging upon them. 



Kmergence from the cell as a ])erf'ect insect takes place 

 twenty-one days al'tei- pu])ation. 11' the parent wasp lived 

 she might witness the home building ol' her children thirty- 

 eight days after she deposited them as eggs in cells of her 

 own workmanship. 



