. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. re food of the young SpJiex is pushed into the cavity, whichis then closed up from the outside. The activity, energy, and ex-citement of the insect whilst all this is going on are very great,and it soon dies after the provisioning of the nest is completed
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. re food of the young SpJiex is pushed into the cavity, whichis then closed up from the outside. The activity, energy, and ex-citement of the insect whilst all this is going on are very great,and it soon dies after the provisioning of the nest is completed. The genus Aunnophila contains one species, the true SandWasp, which is very abundant in Europe. It is a slender, elongatedinsect, with a red band across the lower half of the third, thewhole of the fourth, and the upper part of the fifth segment ofthe abdomen. It has habits like those of the SpJiex ]\x?>\. described,but it invariably chooses the caterpillars of certain moths for theprey of its larvae. There are some Sphegidce in the tropics which have enormously 220 TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. long waists and very arched mandibles, without teeth on theirinternal edge. The insects are black, with yellow marks uponthem. They are perfect masons, and work in a most intelligentand persevering manner. A species common in Central France. PclopiTiis spirifcx AND ITS NEST. {PelopcEiLS spirifex) builds its nest in walls, in corners ofbuildings, and sometimes within barns and houses, but almostalways at the height of several yards from the ground. Theinsect is very slender, and does not seem fitted to carry burdens,but nevertheless it seeks clayey spots, and beats up small portions THE 221 with its mandibles, and carries them off in order to construct itsnest. It begins by forming one chamber, which is hollowed out inthe clay brought from a distance and stuck on to a wall, andas soon as it is finished the female goes a hunting, and, curiouslyenough, selects the most dan
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