. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 154 Marvels of Insect The Hush Chekv. A rominon. brown-coktun il loii« honi, t,..,l«.m*». pn-iil iih.)tiiB" li jfrci'n colour, ami so biMutifullv veined as to imitali' rliiscly some of till' \:\iK>' sliinini; trcipiiul k-:ivc>> Till- bcKly is ^liiirt, ami tcrminatril in till' Irmah' by a lonn, iiirviil sttord-liki' nvi|n»itor, ami thr \f)i- ari' all lonK and strongly Tlu'sc Insects are slu|,'t;isli in tin ir motiiin, deix-ndinn for safety on their resi'mbl
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 154 Marvels of Insect The Hush Chekv. A rominon. brown-coktun il loii« honi, t,..,l«.m*». pn-iil iih.)tiiB" li jfrci'n colour, ami so biMutifullv veined as to imitali' rliiscly some of till' \:\iK>' sliinini; trcipiiul k-:ivc>> Till- bcKly is ^liiirt, ami tcrminatril in till' Irmah' by a lonn, iiirviil sttord-liki' nvi|n»itor, ami thr \f)i- ari' all lonK and strongly Tlu'sc Insects are slu|,'t;isli in tin ir motiiin, deix-ndinn for safety on their resi'mblance to foliage, tlii'ir horny shield and winn-coverts, and their spiny less. " But probably the most re- markable of these protected ^ras- hopiH-rs is a small species,' oid\ a third of an inch Ions, that i~ found in the Sudan. With the majority of observers it would easily pass for an ant, and the inference is that ants are abundant where it lives, and this disRuise has been brought about as a means nl preservinK a w ngless race of grasshoppers from attack by ants. One of he characters of «;,., structure is the absence of anv -j'"''â¢â hâ¢-; ;â¢;:\ ' stout hind-bodv bavins a straight under side and attached t. Ik t - b,Kly by its full width and depth. !n ants, as the m<.st su,Hrhclal of < , , usi hive noticed, these two parts are connected by an exceedinsly slender sk that makes one wonder how the vital machinery necessary can be- ;;. so tenuous a strait. Inis ant-iiKt (â rasshopper appears at first sii;lit to have such an attenuated junc- tion between fori-bmly and hiiul- b<xlv ; but this is an optical illu- sion brounht about by nature painting the under side and side- nl the grasshopper with white in -i"li a fashion that at a slight dist^inc. this portion is not seen and onh tin stalked bod\ of an ant remain^ There are other forms among the long-horn- a- among the short-horns. .\ fc
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