. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 554 THE COAfMON B! S 'i MJf) ( i m- for years and yet, I its (una(o first occupant, being rendorcd hclnlm, byubrokou k- and dislocated ankle, the J'leas came swanning in positive n, .Tsn^r^";''^"^'''^-^'""'*-';^^^ '^'' ^''''''' ^'"^"^^ .lescendinn upon a corldield, an ^d msects ]na,> have m an enijity roon, is not easy to say, as, fhouj-h larva, 'lt haps, have cm inned to subs
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 554 THE COAfMON B! S 'i MJf) ( i m- for years and yet, I its (una(o first occupant, being rendorcd hclnlm, byubrokou k- and dislocated ankle, the J'leas came swanning in positive n, .Tsn^r^";''^"^'''^-^'""'*-';^^^ '^'' ^''''''' ^'"^"^^ .lescendinn upon a corldield, an ^d msects ]na,> have m an enijity roon, is not easy to say, as, fhouj-h larva, 'lt haps, have cm inned to subsist on the feathers of the pillows, the perfect insects c J I not eat substances, and must either have gone altogether without food drawn their snbsisti-nce from some unknown source ' " TTrf^rr"*lrn'T"'-iV''' ^?''-' H" *''";"'" (^'"^'^^ J>''^'f lamentation from the children, whose oesm- undergoing maternal inspection. The little creatures, with the .shortsiol ted c inninV chihbiood, always try to hide the Chigoe bite, in hopes of escaping the" tig mil Lut heir cunning only meets its due reward, as when the Chigoe has made hei'bum the .sharp eye of the is sure to .liscover it, and then the whole has ot excavated, and rendered untenable by red pepper, well into the hollow. Inded somid^r^niollg tLr" "'^'""' '' '^^ '-' ''''"'⢠^^'^' ^'^''-^ ^-^'^ ^-^^1^ "-- _ It may seem curious that the insect be able to burrow under the .skin without being , but the fact , that it ..ets about its work so quietly, and iisi i rk tion ^'^^' '" â ' ^'''''i''''^'^' «Hiag,.s at their , called haltero. or . aiiceis, and which are the ,mly vestiges of the hinder pair of wings. .Moreover, the are not capable of being folded. This order is of vast extent, and includes a .hoi. nPo,i; '^P^^'-^'^'â"""'â¢'' h'"r-'^^^''â¢''
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