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more like a cup, or even a saucer, than a cell at 

 this early sta^e. The Natural History Museum 

 at South Kensin<ft!)n possesses some admirable 

 examples of such nests, in various decrees of 

 j^rowth ; and mv fellow-worker, Mr. Knock, has 

 obtained the kind permission of the authorities at 



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the Museum to photoj^raph the cases which con- 

 tain them, for the purposes of these articles. They 

 represent the progress of the t]ueen-\vasp's work 

 at two, live, and fiftL-eii davs lespectively (Nos. 2, 

 3, and 4), and thus admirably illustrate the in- 

 credible rapidity with which, alone :md unaided, 

 slie builds and populates this one-mother city. 



