. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Those Horrid Earwigs 129 pair or flying wings. But earwigs are in n^any ways a less advanced and perfect group than the beetle tribe ; as we shall see hereafter, they are a rather primitive tribe, only half way up in the scale of towards the highest insects. And among their imperfections one may mention. NO. 4.—BEGINNING TO CLOSE. this—that the hind wings are only partially covered by the front pair or wing-cases. When I say so, however, I do not mean to be unkind to the earwig, who, within his own limitation
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Those Horrid Earwigs 129 pair or flying wings. But earwigs are in n^any ways a less advanced and perfect group than the beetle tribe ; as we shall see hereafter, they are a rather primitive tribe, only half way up in the scale of towards the highest insects. And among their imperfections one may mention. NO. 4.—BEGINNING TO CLOSE. this—that the hind wings are only partially covered by the front pair or wing-cases. When I say so, however, I do not mean to be unkind to the earwig, who, within his own limitations (as we say of minor poets), must be looked upon as one of the most marvellous and complicated of animals. And 1 propose to illus- 1 .. r. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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