. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. t. X I.,. ttip pcrfrrt {(•nil, but :irc in a IrllinrKii' I iiiiditicin, in wliiili liny rrniiiin mail .Iniii', when they make tlicir out into tlii' publir view. In this rmorf^tncc tin- maU's pri'n'dc the females b\- several days. Attcntiim slimild bi' drawn to the remarkabli' form of tlie antonnit. w'.i'li characterizes threi' families of beetles, and ri-achi's its liigliest di'- velopmi'ilt in the rcxkeliafer and its immediate allies. In the slaK-lx<'lle the
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Marvels of Insect Life. t. X I.,. ttip pcrfrrt {(•nil, but :irc in a IrllinrKii' I iiiiditicin, in wliiili liny rrniiiin mail .Iniii', when they make tlicir out into tlii' publir view. In this rmorf^tncc tin- maU's pri'n'dc the females b\- several days. Attcntiim slimild bi' drawn to the remarkabli' form of tlie antonnit. w'.i'li characterizes threi' families of beetles, and ri-achi's its liigliest di'- velopmi'ilt in the rcxkeliafer and its immediate allies. In the slaK-lx<'lle the last fonr joints are verv broad in one direction, so that they look like a kind of brash with a Ion;,' handle. It is probable that these diifi^rentlv terminal joints are the si'at of some special bat what that (inik (or an antlope, but it is not easv to see whv it is so called. It is about an iiuli Ions;, and much like a diminutiv staii-lM-etle. except tiiat the mandibles of the male arc onlv as larRc as those of a female sta;;-beetlc. In both sexes the colour is black, and there is no difleren. e in size except that the hind-body and wine- covers are broader in the female. The )irnh is somewhat similar to that of the Stan-beetle, and feeds internally on the wooel of decayinf; willow, beech, and oak. The call it Pditc Hidic. The third species,whose -c ii ntihc name signifies the woo<l-(listroyer,is a smaller Insect, little more than half an im b Ion),', shining black, minutely pitted on the Inre-biHly, whi< h has its front pari cut away abruptly and formiiiK live small tooth- liki' projections. I'he lilile head end- in a curved upriijht horn susfic^itive of that of till' rhiniKcr in the fi'male and strai^;ht, the litlli i)its s in the male ; b^tt it is much shorter ()n the winf^-covei - are larger and run I-;i;C,S OF KE!omewhat like o( the staf;-beetle, except that ils hinder parts are not swollen -it is indeed narrower there than Ix
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