SOME FAMOUS NERVE SPECIALISTS 
“ What would you think of a band of insects 
so skilful in administering anesthetics as to turn 
the most famed specialist green with envy? ” 
Uncle John queried, as he and the children were 
setting forth for a specially conducted tour, on 
one of their always delightful half-holidays. 
“ Keep your eyes open for a slender, slim-waisted 
shape, with a tapering abdomen held to the body 
by a thread, and decked out in a uniform of black, 
with red belts and bands, and gay yellow wings.” 
“Wasps again, Uncle John!” cried Alice. 
“ Is there to be no end to the marvelous per¬ 
formances of these little people? What a book 
could be written about them! ” 
“ Perhaps I shall attempt it, some day,” her 
uncle laughed; “ certainly it would make a most 
interesting subject, and an exceedingly large 
book as well, if one came anywhere near doing 
justice to them. The particular clan I wish to 
introduce to-day is known as the digger wasps. 
There are some twelve families in the group, and 
their homes are cradle-like burrows in the ground, 
well-stocked with a collection of beetles, eater- 
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