. Ways of the six-footed. Insects. A DWELLER IN TENTS 123 forttiance on my part which he manifestly regarded as an Unpardonable liberty. I then made a detailed study of the head and thorax (Fig. 40). To do this I placed him in a watch- glass, while I studied him through a compound microscope. While I looked he lifted his second booted leg in a deprecating way as if to fig. 40. Head and Two say, "Is there then in this wide Thoracic Segments of the . Caterpillar of P. Umata. world no justice to be meted out to mortals who outrage the rights and persons of innocent caterpillars ? " I tr
. Ways of the six-footed. Insects. A DWELLER IN TENTS 123 forttiance on my part which he manifestly regarded as an Unpardonable liberty. I then made a detailed study of the head and thorax (Fig. 40). To do this I placed him in a watch- glass, while I studied him through a compound microscope. While I looked he lifted his second booted leg in a deprecating way as if to fig. 40. Head and Two say, "Is there then in this wide Thoracic Segments of the . Caterpillar of P. Umata. world no justice to be meted out to mortals who outrage the rights and persons of innocent caterpillars ? " I tried to put on paper this deprecatory attitude, but it was too subtle for my clumsy powers of delineation. In fact, he was from first to last a very bad "sitter" and very exhausting to the artist's patience. However, he was well worth the trouble he cost, for he was as inter- esting as a harlequin in his vivid costume of black and green. The black face was made grotesque by ten little eyes of assorted sizes, placed in circles, each one shining like an opal. His black legs were adorned at the joints with what a costumer would call " slashes" that revealed a lining of green; on the segment nearest the body the black band was cut into gay points. When I finished the sketch I rolled him in his leaf and took him oiit into the woods. Then, asking. 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 Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Boston, Ginn & Company
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