168 FLASHLIGHTS ON NATURE 



So, by the time the dead of winter comes, both 

 males and workers are cleared off the stage ; and 

 universal waspdom is only represented by a few 

 stray fertilised females, who carry the embodied 

 hopes of so many dead and ruined cities. 



And now that I have traced the history of the 



No - 7- HEAD OF QUEfcN WASP, MOUTH WIDE OPEN : FRONT VIEW. 



commune from its rise to its fall, I must say a few 

 words in brief detail about the individual wasps 

 which make up its members. 



And first of all as to the wasp's head. You will 

 have gathered from what I have said that the head 

 of the insect is practically by far its most impor- 



