. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. ying.—Zool. ii. 702. The merry little companies of the Whirligig beetle(Gyrinus natator, PI. I. fig. 4) can hardly escape thenotice of any haunter of shady pools ; and the means bywhich the gyrations of these glittering and silvery glo-bules (as they appear when in motion), are described in aforegoing page (p. 36). The Gyrinus is small, boat-shaped, and black in colour,pj 32 ^^^ ^^^ peculiarities of form be- sides that in the swimming appa-ratus. The eyes (fig. 32) are sodivided as to giv
. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. ying.—Zool. ii. 702. The merry little companies of the Whirligig beetle(Gyrinus natator, PI. I. fig. 4) can hardly escape thenotice of any haunter of shady pools ; and the means bywhich the gyrations of these glittering and silvery glo-bules (as they appear when in motion), are described in aforegoing page (p. 36). The Gyrinus is small, boat-shaped, and black in colour,pj 32 ^^^ ^^^ peculiarities of form be- sides that in the swimming appa-ratus. The eyes (fig. 32) are sodivided as to give the appearanceof a pair on each side of the head— one directed upwards, the otherdown ; a modification which isSide view of head of Gyrinus- found in some Dung antennae also, are remarkable in form (fig. 33), and the parts of themouth are well worthexamining. The in-sect is supposed to liveon small dead insects,which it seizes whenfloating on the waterIf neither the swift-ness of the gyratingmotion, nor thebeauty of the contri-vance which produces it, nor the singularity of the other. Fig. 33.
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