. Intelligence in plants and animals: being a new edition of the author's privately issued "Soul and ;. Animal intelligence; Animal behavior; Droseraceae; Psychology, Comparative; Natural history. Tcrn'ci'-Building Cicada. 99 the eyes and the claws of the fore-legs, which are reddish. It is clothed with small hairs. In form it is grub-like, larger proportionally than the parent, and provided with six legs, the first pair being very large, shaped like lobster-claws, and armed beneath with strong spines. Little prominences take the place of wings, and under the breast is a
. Intelligence in plants and animals: being a new edition of the author's privately issued "Soul and ;. Animal intelligence; Animal behavior; Droseraceae; Psychology, Comparative; Natural history. Tcrn'ci'-Building Cicada. 99 the eyes and the claws of the fore-legs, which are reddish. It is clothed with small hairs. In form it is grub-like, larger proportionally than the parent, and provided with six legs, the first pair being very large, shaped like lobster-claws, and armed beneath with strong spines. Little prominences take the place of wings, and under the breast is a long beak for suction. Its movements, after leaving the &%^, are very lively, and nearly as quick as some of the ants. But after a few moments their instincts prompt them to reach the ground. They do not attain this end by descending the body of the tree, nor by casting themselves off precipitately, but, running to the side of the limb, deliberately loosen their hold and drop to the ground, making the perilous descent with the utmost safety. This seems almost incredible, but it has been repeatedly observed by scores of honest XEW-BORN CICADA. Line Below Shows Natural Size. On reaching the ground the young insects immediately burrow their way into the soil, using their broad and strong fore-feet pretty much after the fashion of the mole. They apparently follow, in their descent, the roots of plants, fasten- ing their beaks into the most tender and succulent, and thus imbibing their juices, which constitute their sole aliment. They do not descend very deeply into the ground, probably not more than ten or twelve inches, although accounts have been published of their discovery at a depth of ten or twelve feet, but their occurrence at such great distances from the top of the ground is doubtless the result of accident. The only alteration to which the insects are subject during the seventeen years of their subterranean confinement, is an. Please note that these images
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