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was never u mother so hardly tasked as tlie royal 

 wasp foundress. By the time she has built and 

 stoeked a tew more cells, the three ej^^s tirst laid 

 have duly hatched out, and now she must begin 

 to look after the little grubs or larvre. I have 

 not illustrated this earliest titage of wasp-life, the 



NO. 4.— TllK CIIV, 111 IKKN OAYsi OI.l). 



grubby or nursery period, because everybody 

 knows it well in real life. Now, as the grubs 

 hatch out, they require to be fed, and the poor, 

 overworked mother has hencefortii not only to 

 find food for herself, and paper to build more 

 cells, but also to feed her helpless, worm-like 



