. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Si Marvels of Insect Life. Sdiw iif Ihr -|»i ii- livr (111 Irii-. .itli'r^ mi i>U wiilU .iml paiiiiX', win rr lliiy ii|»iii lichiii^ .Hill Ihiir i .i-t^ ii( tin ~.imi- ni;ilirjiil. I'hi' niirs iif ilitliTint ixhihil riiii^iilir;il)l ami thi- « nf Uaf-bii. Siimi' taki- tlif ((irm "I a : sucli arr iIum' ii( tlir K>n"' (iKiili>|ili(ira. iif wliiiv Mii-nim pcwscssi-s ixain|il«-' wliicli ' siiit to them a- aitual snail-shrlU Tlusi' Miail-likf
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Si Marvels of Insect Life. Sdiw iif Ihr -|»i ii- livr (111 Irii-. .itli'r^ mi i>U wiilU .iml paiiiiX', win rr lliiy ii|»iii lichiii^ .Hill Ihiir i .i-t^ ii( tin ~.imi- ni;ilirjiil. I'hi' niirs iif ilitliTint ixhihil riiii^iilir;il)l ami thi- « nf Uaf-bii. Siimi' taki- tlif ((irm "I a : sucli arr iIum' ii( tlir K>n"' (iKiili>|ili(ira. iif wliiiv Mii-nim pcwscssi-s ixain|il«-' wliicli ' siiit to them a- aitual snail-shrlU Tlusi' Miail-likf iiws an- not rovi rid with I'Xtranrous iiiattrr, but ion- sisl wliollv of a silky nia- tiTlal. wbii'b is iliaili' to ap|Mar ot similar trxturr to till' ri-al snail-shi'll. Oni' o( till' must ri- markablc of tlu'sf Insects, on aci'oiint of its larj;t' si/r thoU);h it miasurt's less than two inrlu's arross niit- spri'ad wind's -is a native of Ctntral Amiriia and tlie Wist Inilii's. It is known as the hoiist'-biiiliKr,' and con- striii'ts a case similar to that of the I'^uroiMan siKcies de- scribed above. It was dis covered by (iiiildinf; in the West Indies about eighty years ago, (iuildinK reared the caterpillars for several years, and was puzzled at j^ettinj; only male moths as the result, never imafjininK that he had to look in the cases for the winj;less female. At length a lucky uicident showed him a female open- infi her case bv movements of her head in order to admit the male : and so he was put ,i-> .in; with -iwirt pii'i^i-s»(hiathir -hnot*. on thc ttack of the mystcry. After mating, the female fills the lower part of the pupa-skin with her very numerous small yellow eggs, and strip- the down from her body in order to cover them. He found that as soon as the eggs were hatched the young caterpillars distributed themselves and began to make cases of fragments of leaf and bark. These wen cylindrical and open at each end. Whilst very small the cases are
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