. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Th.' i>.. H«f* ,W«iit. A ^ > Tub Pahha with Two Tails. >iih hi- «iiiK>. -lioMum iiMrkiiiRkol ttv iipp( with nnnir .m .111., ni whKh fi'iir 1 1 .il iK. |» liv II Jik. Il 1. .1 hlKh .>iii[| lllir. . MTVililtuilll !•>. Alriiiin -ix'c ii- nl llu' -anif K'"iii'-. Imwi'viT. llii>ii^:li liinil III Mii'li tiling-, 'inil ilrinkini; of llu' juiii- that i-xiicli' Iroin lui-. an- al-ii -aid h\' 'riiriu-n In hi- attrai till by hui
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Th.' i>.. H«f* ,W«iit. A ^ > Tub Pahha with Two Tails. >iih hi- «iiiK>. -lioMum iiMrkiiiRkol ttv iipp( with nnnir .m .111., ni whKh fi'iir 1 1 .il iK. |» liv II Jik. Il 1. .1 hlKh .>iii[| lllir. . MTVililtuilll !•>. Alriiiin -ix'c ii- nl llu' -anif K'"iii'-. Imwi'viT. llii>ii^:li liinil III Mii'li tiling-, 'inil ilrinkini; of llu' juiii- that i-xiicli' Iroin lui-. an- al-ii -aid h\' 'riiriu-n In hi- attrai till by huiirv, and Ihi' -nialUr (inr- til bi' in tlir habit nf vi>itiin; flower* hir the -ake ol their neelar. Sonu' ol tlie-e Afriean >|Hiie- are miieh larijer than the Kuroi«an pa-ha, and have their w inn- kIo—i il with blue or purple, like mir purple em[H'ror. In some spec ies the si-xes differ ronsiderablv in form and lolniir. Stick-Intecta. Although related to the mantids and mm li mure elusely to the walking-leal Inserts, the stiik-Inseets' differ wiileiy in apixaranee Ironi both. rhe\- are ver\ slender and of relatively Kivat length. In all the speeies that possess win(;s the wing-eovers are very small and quite inadecpiate liir the olliee of eo\erin(! the winns. Hut in many sixrie-neither wings nor wing-eo\-ers are de veloiH'd, and in these lases, nl course, the reseinblanee to a vege table stem is enhanied by the dehrieney. This resemblance i- further helped by the fact that all the limbs are very similar in shape, and usualh' thin. They are mostl\ held at sucli angles as would siigge-t side-sh(M)ts from the supposed tw i^ or branch represented by the Insect's body. The hind-legs not developed for leaping as in their relations, the grasshopper . nor are the fore-legs adapted h r seizing prey as in their nearer kiii. the mantids. They are all pureK' vegetable feeders. Much of t'". The Pasha with Two Tails. This phutuKraph fxhibits ihc woiiili-rful colouri
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