i68 FLASHLIGHTS ON X.\r 



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

 m;iles and workers are cleared off the .md 



universal waspdom is only n- presented by a trw 

 stray fertilised females, who carry the embodied 

 hopes of so many dead and ruined citi 



And now that I have traced the history of the 



NO 7. HKAO OK gUEKN WASP, MOUTH WIDE OI'EN : 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- 



