. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. 606 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. that the reader Bhonld understand more fiilly the structure of the royal cell, an illustration of it is here introduced. When viewed from the outside, it would hardly be recognized for the habitation of an insect, for it looks like a large lump of hardened clay, about as large as an ordinary French roll, and not very unlike it in shape. On a closer inspection, a number of little holes may be seen, and these apertures afford an un- f
. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. 606 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. that the reader Bhonld understand more fiilly the structure of the royal cell, an illustration of it is here introduced. When viewed from the outside, it would hardly be recognized for the habitation of an insect, for it looks like a large lump of hardened clay, about as large as an ordinary French roll, and not very unlike it in shape. On a closer inspection, a number of little holes may be seen, and these apertures afford an un- failing indication as to the real nature of the clay lump. Fig. 2 represents the external appearance of one of these i * TtRMITE CKLL. Supposing that a queen Termite cell be cut vertically, so that the knife passes through either of the little round holes, it will present an appearance which is shown at Fig. 1. The large hollow of the cell is nearly filled by the body of the female, whose head and thorax are seen in the cavitv. On either side is. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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