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safety in a scabbard. But one would hardly 

 expect to find an insect carrying a bayonet, 



Fig". 131. Poi.son bng and sting of a wasp 



like the ichneumon fly whose weapon is illustrated 

 in Fig. 132, for the express purpose of plunging 

 into livino' bodies in order to make a hole tor 



Its eggs. 



The living bodies in this instance happen to be 

 caterpillars, and, after the fly has drilled its 



