. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Cockroaches. 297 i> «inged and some otliers arc winsless in both In the kind tint Ik nn oboT" ;" TZ °' °'" ''"''''' ""^ ="''"" """â¢^ -'â¢^- has , nRrth. â¢al av n« acq:"it,^l'â?:'^:'"'""' '''^ '"'''"' ""'°⢠'--'^ P--des ,h. ,â ith.'r??-ih ^'''â â " ''""«'â .'h'-" though we have three native species of coekroaehes -^: r â¢:^" ^;,;^'ii^ 'r-'-''- -"&qu
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Cockroaches. 297 i> «inged and some otliers arc winsless in both In the kind tint Ik nn oboT" ;" TZ °' °'" ''"''''' ""^ ="''"" """â¢^ -'â¢^- has , nRrth. â¢al av n« acq:"it,^l'â?:'^:'"'""' '''^ '"'''"' ""'°⢠'--'^ P--des ,h. ,â ith.'r??-ih ^'''â â " ''""«'â .'h'-" though we have three native species of coekroaehes -^: r â¢:^" ^;,;^'ii^ 'r-'-''- -""^ â """^'"' --'--- without being invited two are toler- ably well known, and a third perhaps as well known as an\- British Insect. This third species is the so-called " black-beetle," 1 whose native land has not yet been satisfactorilv made "ut. It is believed to be .Asiatic, and to have set about the concjuest of Hritain three hundred years or so ago. .\t first it was content'with the occu- pation of our ports, and. of course, no foreign invader would overlook the rich port of London. Probably hiding itself away in bales of mer- cliandise. as later arrivals have been detected in doing, it got here : and ever since it has been engaged in the subjugation of the inland districts. It is possible that we ma\- owe its introduction to Francis Drake, for Mouffct in his book on Insects, pub- lished as early as tells how our great freebooting hero took the Spanish ship Pliilifi, all laden with spices, and found that it contained miiaps It will help the patriotic Englishman, who is sutiering from this nest to rt\ r f^'th , "â '"'^ *''V"'^-^' """' "^^ "â¢^ '"'''' ''--"da"*^ of the'w iiged portion of that prize cargo. The reason whv it is so fond of the kitchen and bake iiaZt::T, ""' T"-' '"' â """ '^''^"'"â¢^ Â
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