DIALOGUE XXX. 
VESPA, OR WASP. V. CRABROj OR HOR- 
NET. V. VULGARIS, OR COMMON 
WASP. 
LUCY. This morning, mamma^ we are 
to have bees and wasps. 
Mother. The wa^p, or vespa genus, 
comes first in order ; there are above two 
hundred and twenty species in it, but very 
few of them are to be found in England. 
The largest, with which we are ac- 
quainted, the vespa crahro, or hornet, is 
armed with a strong sting, with which it 
can inflict a very painful wound, that in- 
flames, and continues to be troublesome 
for some days. The hornet is voracious : 
it kills and preys upon many sorts of in^ 
sects ; and even destroys large bees, in 
order to rob them of their honey-bags. 
It generally builds its nests in hollow 
