. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. The Sacred Beetle and Others see her working with her forehead and legs in order to spread the matter, crush it and apply it to its earthen sheath seems to me a very difficult thing to do. 1 abandon the at- tempt and restore the glass to its iirst posi- tion. A little later, I make a second cxamma- tion, when the mother has left her burrow. The work is now finished. The outward form is that of a thimble fifteen millimetres deep by ten widc.^ The flat end has all the appearance of a lid fitted to the openmg and carefuHy solder
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. The Sacred Beetle and Others see her working with her forehead and legs in order to spread the matter, crush it and apply it to its earthen sheath seems to me a very difficult thing to do. 1 abandon the at- tempt and restore the glass to its iirst posi- tion. A little later, I make a second cxamma- tion, when the mother has left her burrow. The work is now finished. The outward form is that of a thimble fifteen millimetres deep by ten widc.^ The flat end has all the appearance of a lid fitted to the openmg and carefuHy soldered on. The rounded lower half of the thimble is full. This is the grub's larder. Above is the hatching-chamber, with the egg sticking up from the floor, fixed perpendicularly by one end. Great is the danger for the Oniticellus and the Onthophagus, offspring of the dog-days, both of them. Their jar of preserves \s greatly restricted in volume. Its shape is in no way calculated to reduce evaporation; it is too near the surface of the s *' to escape the dangerous dryness of the air. If the cake should harden, the grub will die, after its abstinence has been prolonged to the ut- most limits of endurance. I place in glass tubes, which will represent X .39 inch.â Translator's Note. 256. i?;1< WKMESfiteiSCS' '^"! .e^^lf?v.â :»â¢^* 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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