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FiwXSHLKiHTs ON Xatikk 



and completely this c;iii be done : liow each has 

 its jfroove in the marvellous economy of nature. 



In No. () you see tiie organs closinj^ (also a 

 back view), the ton-^ue having been now drawn in, 

 while the saw-like jaw^ and the delicate feelinj^ 

 palps are still exposed an! ready for workinj4. 

 Xo. H, on the contrarv. is the feeding attitude. 



NO. II. — MOeiH (.HI IK CIOSED: ATTITUDK ItiR MKAI'INd WOOD: 

 KM) 1)1 t)NK MOVKMKM. 



in Xo. lo (another back view), the palps have 

 lu'en turned back into their special j^roove, and 

 the saw-like jaw-; are seen \\cc for workinij. This 

 is the attitude in which the wasp attacks a paik 

 paling, in oidei- to scr:tpe off wood-tibre for the 

 maiHifacture of paper. Here, as von see, the jaws 

 are open. In Xo. i i thev are closed, at the end 



