. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. f ,i7'> Marvels oi Insect Life. thfv qi'Ct a ciii'stic . ill-smtllinK ll»i>l, with the " t of .li>K»^tinK n pursii. r. In till' ciw i)f tl^^ this fluid rapicllv .111 .â xposuri' In tlu- air. anil Kiciii " ; and knlander says it is eapable of t«entv dise'iarKes. The volatile fluid if briiu(;ht into rontae- with the human skin .auses a burning sensation, and makes a red mark, whieli afterwards turns brown. Mosquitoet and Gnati. When a townsma
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. f ,i7'> Marvels oi Insect Life. thfv qi'Ct a ciii'stic . ill-smtllinK ll»i>l, with the " t of .li>K»^tinK n pursii. r. In till' ciw i)f tl^^ this fluid rapicllv .111 .â xposuri' In tlu- air. anil Kiciii " ; and knlander says it is eapable of t«entv dise'iarKes. The volatile fluid if briiu(;ht into rontae- with the human skin .auses a burning sensation, and makes a red mark, whieli afterwards turns brown. Mosquitoet and Gnati. When a townsman Roes into tlif the neck. The so-called " bite " of the (,'nat is a stab from ,1 stiletto, and the instrument biiii^ [X'rforated the Insect is able to su. k a drop of bloo'l throuiih it. The slab itself is nothing -a mere pin-prick, but â¢he Insect ap|H'ars to inject a miniUe drop of seine lii|uid, probably for tin purpose of thinniiif; the blood and making it flow more frccK. Hut witli some temperaments it does more tli;ni this it produces a smartint;. buriiiiK; sensation, and around the punctup- tin flesh may swell up into a large in. /â¢Auio 6vi liEAl'TlKlL SkAKLMLR, [F. it*p, ill tins .miiitn- 111 bnih uriili .mil inriict slaRi's it preys upon tlamctl DUmp. \^ Hen tllCU art S\ lllf iioxiiHi' Insirt-. \ii aiiiiii .|« 1 ii < 111) the Contimnt wagM war ii|»n , thi, ilistmrtivr pr(H.^|iillars. Iwice the iiattiral ««â . toms sUCn i nust hn\ these the victim assured that he has not been bitten by an ordinary common gnatâit mu been a mosquito, such as one reads of in books of foreign travel. No Hricish Ins., t could be so malignant! To such a sufferer the statement that the Instrt sometimes dies as the result of its indulgence in human blood will be with satisfactionâit is so like the finale of (Goldsmith's Etcay on the dog «ii' ⢠to gain some private ends, went mad and bit the ; In the result w know
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