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caterpillars was near by on a light-barked tree, all reacting 

 or not according to whether we ejaculated ssl! or buzz! As 

 before they were very conspicuous and made no attempt at 

 concealment, although at a distance they resembled a black 

 knot-hole on the trunk. But their role was evidently to 



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Fig. 142. Indian Hunter bringing in a Peccary. 



depend on their threatening actions and their even more 

 reliable stinging hairs. 



On the very floor of our shelter a tragedy was enacted. A 

 small wasp {Notogonia sp.) less than an inch in length with 

 a splash of gilt on thorax and head, dashed upon a brown 



