Doesnotthefactthatthissensehasnotbeenhandeddowntouspointtoaflawinthepedigree?Isubmitthelittleproblemtotheevolutionists;andIshouldmuchliketoknowwhattheirprotoplasmandtheirnucleushavetosaytoit。
IsthisunknownsenselocalizedinaparticularpartoftheWaspandtheBee?Isitexercisedbymeansofaspecialorgan?Weimmediatelythinkoftheantennae。Theantennaearewhatwealwaysfallbackuponwhentheinsect’sactionsarenotquitecleartous;wegladlyputdowntothemwhateverismostnecessarytoourarguments。Forthatmatter,Ihadplentyoffairlygoodreasonsforsuspectingthemofcontainingthesenseofdirection。WhentheHairyAmmophila(ASand-
waspwhohuntstheGreyWorm,orCaterpillaroftheTurnip-moth,toserveasfoodforhergrubs。ForothervarietiesoftheAmmophila,cf。
\"InsectLife\":chapter15。——Translator’sNote。)issearchingfortheGreyWorm,itiswithherantennae,thosetinyfingerscontinuallyfumblingatthesoil,thatsheseemstorecognizethepresenceoftheundergroundprey。Couldnotthoseinquisitivefilaments,whichseemtoguidetheinsectwhenhunting,alsoguideitwhentravelling?Thisremainedtobeseen;andIdidsee。
ItooksomeMason-beesandamputatedtheirantennaewiththescissors,ascloselyasIcould。Thesemaimedoneswerethencarriedtoadistanceandreleased。Theyreturnedtothenestwithaslittledifficultyastheothers。IonceexperimentedinthesamewaywiththelargestofourCerceres(Cerceristuberculata)(AnotherHuntingWasp,whofeedsheryoungonWeevils。Cf。\"InsectLife\":chapters4and5。——