l-i Asm KIM is o\ NAITKT. 



! IT annoved, she throws the stinj; rapidly into 

 the animal that 

 annoys her, and 

 injects the fluid 

 with the formic 

 acid in it. In 

 No. 15 the darts 

 are shown still 

 more highly mag- 

 nified. In the 

 queen wasp, the 

 stin^ is used both 

 for laying ej^s 

 and as a weapon 

 of offence ; bul 

 in the workers, 

 which cannot lay 

 e^s, it is entirely 

 devoted to the 

 work of lighting. 

 Two other little 

 peculiarities of 

 the wasp, how- 

 ever, deserve a 

 final word of re- 

 cognition. One 



of these is the elaborate brush-and- 

 comb apparatus or antennu>cleancr, 

 :... 15. -DARTS MAG- ( j rawn j n ;1 ver y enlarged view m 



NIKIKII 300 UIA- 



MKTBRS. No. 1 6. Whatever the sense may 



be which the antenn;e serve, we m.iv 



at least be certain that it is one of great import- 



MO. 10. WASP'S BRUSH 

 AN1> CUM I!, HJR CLRAN- 

 IXG ANTES N.I. 



