. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATUIIAL IIIHTOBV. 401 li of their untenmc a tluit poouliurity noil in nioNt psirts xfonl, iiiid in t'ouml 1 surrouudod. Its it of rosoH, often ⢠would hiivo kept cufions rtdimd, not ; the fivint Kcmtch- [ts liirva bores deep honeycombed liy â extensive section. !Oof the microscope rc])rescnted on the . The small species using to see them ir lonjjc and beauti- itout for a moment, ) the creatures that one's mouth or oye amd upon decaying; y armed with two ' wliich is tolerably creature has boon dangerous resul
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATUIIAL IIIHTOBV. 401 li of their untenmc a tluit poouliurity noil in nioNt psirts xfonl, iiiid in t'ouml 1 surrouudod. Its it of rosoH, often ⢠would hiivo kept cufions rtdimd, not ; the fivint Kcmtch- [ts liirva bores deep honeycombed liy â extensive section. !Oof the microscope rc])rescnted on the . The small species using to see them ir lonjjc and beauti- itout for a moment, ) the creatures that one's mouth or oye amd upon decaying; y armed with two ' wliich is tolerably creature has boon dangerous results withheld mo from lectles, particularly die, and the Water- ! lUTUliaiity. Tlie k-n^'th of the anttnnff inorc Ihan ry breath of air. ii^ If the It'll with some of the loose Knmily, Stiiiihylin[<ltc.~((lr. iraipuKTvot, tho llovu-buotlo.) CnEonilLVs.â(dr. Kptdi, ; <f)iA«rf, to love.). Maxillusus {Lilt, large-jawed), Ihe Itove-beetle. beetles. These last inhabit the water, aud swim with remarkable activity. They occasionally come to tin; surface for a fresh supply of air, which they carry down between the elytra and the up[ier surface of the abdomen. They fly very well, but the construction of their limbs prevents aiem from walking. They cannot be kept in a limited ii\m<v, as they are very fierce aud voracious, and in one case when a male and female were placed in ajar tilled with water, only om â¢lay elapsed before the mule was found dcul uidhalf dcvom. d by his disconsolate widow. The Earwig is placed in an order by itself, cnlltd Der- maptem from the soft elytra. The winp* are lavi;;o and e.\- coedin^'ly beautiful, and the method of folding by which they are packed under the very small elytra is very curious. Tlie use of the forceps sceniB principally for the purjiose of folding the wings and placing tlcm m their proper position under the elytra. Ten specie; of earwigs inhabit England. Tlie eggs of the earwigs are hatched, and the young protected by th
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