. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. downward strokf it carries into the fluid a minute portion of air, which beciimo imprisoned by the viscosity of the fluid, and so forms a tiny bubble. The proces> constantly repeated converts the whole of the fluid into frotli, and this bv the same movements is distributed all over and around the Insect, so that it is again entirely hidden from enemies who would appreciate its tender and juicy body. The mature frog-hopper is a rather inconspicuous Insect, beini; colour
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. downward strokf it carries into the fluid a minute portion of air, which beciimo imprisoned by the viscosity of the fluid, and so forms a tiny bubble. The proces> constantly repeated converts the whole of the fluid into frotli, and this bv the same movements is distributed all over and around the Insect, so that it is again entirely hidden from enemies who would appreciate its tender and juicy body. The mature frog-hopper is a rather inconspicuous Insect, beini; coloured grey with somewhat obscure markmRs, which are subject to considerable variation ; but i' has more bnghth-coloured relations. In other countries there are Insects of thi' same family thai aie not only considerably larger, but also conspicuously and brightly colouretl m their ultimate stage. It is these larger species in their earlier stages that produce the phenomenon that has been exaggerated into the rain-tree, weeping-trei', etc. iJr. Sharp refers to a s|x>cies' in Madagascar whose production of surplus moisture is so great that live or six dozen of them would about hll a cpiart vessel in an liour .'ind a half. Dr. Livingstone met with a species in Angola about. t'h»a 6>. 'H. Bititin. â ( eCKOO-SflT. riK. «) tiirko.* ,[.11 i. [,.,t ^liv,.. U ii binw, .,m,1. ,i <)tMiiit vrllow t will fo I with it, b,..ik planl^l In th â¢hiut. fnini whirh It Milk, th*. )iiii- its ,|,.|i,.at,. ,klii nroisl, of seven or eight on tlie tail seventy years ago. which, he said, was found in companies smaller brant h. ^ of trees allied to the Kg. and he estimated that one such grou|) would in a singl.' night produce three or four pints of fluid. It will be understood that a t»*e thai had man\ -uch companies upon its various branches would !«â constantK running with «,.ter from the tips ot the twigs. ry traveller is iml a naturalist, and
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