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Fia. 56. — ^Nest of a Wasp, Vespa media, in vertical section. 1 . One of the 

 outer envelopes. 2. A cell of the first comb. 3. The axial sup- 

 port. 4. A cell of the second comb. 5. A cell of the third comb. 

 (After Janet.) 



to the second comb (4), which shows cells of various sizes. 

 Another support leads to the third comb (5), which bore 

 thirty-three cells for queens and seven for males, but was 

 not completed peripherally. The original queen had dis- 

 appeared ; the nest included about thirty young queens, 

 forty males, and sixty workers. 



Criteria of an Animal Society. — ^As we review the 



