Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . the Insect. This plan of structure allows a considerable amount of elasticitv tothe body as a whole. The theoretical Insect consists of twenty of strengthened rings, butthe whole twentv are not evident in most cases. Some of them are combined toform the three distinct regions of the body—the head, the for(?-bodv and the hind-bodv — and one ormore of the hindmostsegments are tele-scoped so that thevdo not appear excepton dissection. It isconsidered that thefour first rings havebeen consolidatedto form the head,which bear
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . the Insect. This plan of structure allows a considerable amount of elasticitv tothe body as a whole. The theoretical Insect consists of twenty of strengthened rings, butthe whole twentv are not evident in most cases. Some of them are combined toform the three distinct regions of the body—the head, the for(?-bodv and the hind-bodv — and one ormore of the hindmostsegments are tele-scoped so that thevdo not appear excepton dissection. It isconsidered that thefour first rings havebeen consolidatedto form the head,which bears Ifourpairs of externalorgans — a pair ofjointed feelers ^ orantennae, a pair ofcompound eyes, andthe appendages ofthe mouth. In likemanner the nextthree segments havebeen united to formtlie lori - bodv orthorax, bearing onthe lower side thethree pairs of legs,and on the uppersid(^ the second iuidthird rings bear thetwoThethough j)airs of wings,h i n (1 - b od v,theoreticallyit may have thirteenrings, usualh consistsof ten or eleven, andoften of a smaller. Iho!,, In I-IVE-HORNED KHINOCEROS BeETLE. L--- ? /, Many Insects that appiar much aliko to the siipciftcial observer are toiind when slightlymagiiiricd to exhibit very striking characteristics which render them quite distinct. Thisphotograph of the fore-part of a beetk is only foiu times the natural size, but it ennbles us torealize the fearsome appearance it must present to other small creatures. Marvels of Insect Life.
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