. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. llu' nii'iitarlc, ;in(l airiviil M tllc moutli iil tlu' aiKlliiri- witliin wliiill slii' ha- In iimvi'V it, slic lulls it to its n(|iiisitu tubular lunii and thrusts it forward to boltum ol the ravitv. The hrst piece- (or tin- lining of the cell is al«a\s oval and larf^tT in proportion to tlu' smi'ct-'dinf; ones, whirli, to thr nimiliiT of thri-i- or four, an- sumi- circular, the hrst piece having an extra use to serv<' in forming a concave bottom to the cavit\'. Having completed the req
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. llu' nii'iitarlc, ;in(l airiviil M tllc moutli iil tlu' aiKlliiri- witliin wliiill slii' ha- In iimvi'V it, slic lulls it to its n(|iiisitu tubular lunii and thrusts it forward to boltum ol the ravitv. The hrst piece- (or tin- lining of the cell is al«a\s oval and larf^tT in proportion to tlu' smi'ct-'dinf; ones, whirli, to thr nimiliiT of thri-i- or four, an- sumi- circular, the hrst piece having an extra use to serv<' in forming a concave bottom to the cavit\'. Having completed the requisite manipvdation for adjiistinn to shape the esternal linint; of the S,'i^\;Vm^'"l""l"il'."i''i.''^iV*'MiK^ buttom and sides of the first cell, she withdraws t;™'i;:';r;.;";,;l;"i';'iJ°'''''''''''"'''"'"'' backwards, again Hies off. and. as if she had traced a trail in the air. . back slie wends to the same plant, and pro.\i- mately to the spot of her recent triumphant exploit, renews the operation, but "the result of which, this time, is to be semicircular. Home shi' flies again, and the arrangement within of this piece is different . for this is simply tubular, and so placed that it imbricates with its cut margin within the serrated edge of the first and the third, and in case of a fourtli the fomth also is similarly placed, so that one lai)s within the other, the edges of two of tllese cuttings ne\er being conterminous. The number of the cuttings is apparently regulated by the drier or moister condition of the substance in which the tunnel is drilled. .Xnot.'ier duty has now to be performed, indeed that for which all tlie preceding labours were undertaken—the provision for its young, wherein it perpetuates its kind. . Having completed the reipiisite store of honey mixei! with pollen, this carried to the brush with which the under side of the abdomen is furnished, by means of the posterior legs. The
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