. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Those Horrid Earwigs 129 pair or fiyin.^ \vi11j4s. But car\vi<4s arc in many ways a less advanced and perfect ijroup than the beetle tribe ; as we shall see hereafter, they are a rather primitive tribe, only half way up in the scale of development towards the hij^hest 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 me:in to be unkind to the earwig, who, within his own
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Those Horrid Earwigs 129 pair or fiyin.^ \vi11j4s. But car\vi<4s arc in many ways a less advanced and perfect ijroup than the beetle tribe ; as we shall see hereafter, they are a rather primitive tribe, only half way up in the scale of development towards the hij^hest 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 me:in 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 I propose to illus- I. 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. Toronto : W. Briggs
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