Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . Photo by] [A. E. Tont^e, The Elephant Hawk-Moth. One of the smaller of the hawk-moths, and of veryneat and pleasing appearance. The fore wingsare greenish, with two stripes of rose running fromthe tip, of which one forms the outer margin. Thehind-wings — entirely hidden when the Insectis at rest, as in our photograph—have a black baseand a broad rose-coloured marginal band. Itsremarkable caterpillar is shown on page 167. A Fearless Fly that Defies the Driver-Ant, 169. Pholo b^•^ Worker Driver-Ants. [H. Baslin. Two of th
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . Photo by] [A. E. Tont^e, The Elephant Hawk-Moth. One of the smaller of the hawk-moths, and of veryneat and pleasing appearance. The fore wingsare greenish, with two stripes of rose running fromthe tip, of which one forms the outer margin. Thehind-wings — entirely hidden when the Insectis at rest, as in our photograph—have a black baseand a broad rose-coloured marginal band. Itsremarkable caterpillar is shown on page 167. A Fearless Fly that Defies the Driver-Ant, 169. Pholo b^•^ Worker Driver-Ants. [H. Baslin. Two of the wingless worker caste are shown on tlie samescale of magnification as the male below—twice the sizeof nature—in order to show the great disparity of size inthe same species, which is distinguished as the blackdriver-ant. flv before them ; from the cockroach and themouse to the huge python, the elephant, thegorilla, and the warlike native man, the stor}is the same. The driver-ant has got its namebecause it is the most fitting term to use : itactually drives all creatures before it, andtliose that lag or fall b\- the way are consumedby the ants. In all the records and observations ofnaturalists and travellers in Africa there islittle said on the other side—of any defiance ofthe all-conquering drivers by other quite recently Mr. W. A. Lamborn, inSouthern Nigeria, has recorded his observationsof the manner in wliich an insignificant fly, about the size of our commonbluebottle, openlv deprives the driver of its mos
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