globes, of an appearance resembling that of coarse 
paper, with a rather small round opening at the bot¬ 
tom. In the middle of the interior or central globe 
js placed the congeries of cells, to the number of 
twelve, fifteen, or even twenty : these are arranged 
round a kind of central column, and are composed 
of the same, paper-like substance with rest of the 
nest ; the exterior circle of cells being somewhat 
lower or shorter than the rest. These curious nests 
are generally found about the latter end of summer. 
It, being impossible to give a clear idea of the in¬ 
ternal structure of the nest without laying it open, 
it is represented in two views on the annexed plate ; 
one of the figures shewing its complete exterior ap¬ 
pearance ; the other being cut perpendicularly 
downwards in order to display the central cells. 
It may not he improper to observe that there is 
an exotic species of Wasp, a native of America, 
which forms a nest on a plan exactly similar to our 
present species, but differing in being much larger, 
and having the concentric globes far more numer¬ 
ous, viz. from ten to twelve, or more. These Ame¬ 
rican Wasp-nests are commonly suspended from, 
or rather affixed to the small branches of trees, as 
Firs, &c. 
