. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. 1 - J I:. The Sacred Beetle and Others earlier interpretations entirely. Her egg is not enclosed in a hollow inside the victuals whose emanations might explain its growth; it is outside the sausage, a good way under- neath, surrounded by sand on every side; and nevertheless it increases in size just as well as those lodged in a succulent cabin. Moreover, the new-born grub surprises me by its chubbiness; it is seven or eight times as big as the egg whence it comes; the contents vastly exceed the capacity of the container. Beside
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. 1 - J I:. The Sacred Beetle and Others earlier interpretations entirely. Her egg is not enclosed in a hollow inside the victuals whose emanations might explain its growth; it is outside the sausage, a good way under- neath, surrounded by sand on every side; and nevertheless it increases in size just as well as those lodged in a succulent cabin. Moreover, the new-born grub surprises me by its chubbiness; it is seven or eight times as big as the egg whence it comes; the contents vastly exceed the capacity of the container. Besides, before touching the food from which it is separated by a ceiling of sand, the grub for a certain time con- tinues its strange growing, as though new materials were being added to those which came out of the egg. Here, in the dry sand, it is impossible to talk of effluvia capable of providing the wherewithal for the grub to wax big and fat. Then to what do both the egg and the new- born grub owe their growth? The Langue- docian Scorpion ^ gives us an excellent clue. When passing from a sort of larval stage to the final form, which is the same as that 1 Cf. The Life and Love of the /«/^ft.' chaps, xyii. and xviii. The seven essays on the Languedocian Scorpion will be included in the last volume of this complete edition of Fabre's entomological works.— Translator's Note. 398. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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