. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 490 THE SCORPION-FLIIiS. m efficacious!''' '^' ""'"" "*" '"'^'''"'^t''^" = ^^'^^^ "»' ^t^^^k are not loss remarkable or les, The lower lip iiistead of hoing a simjile cover to the nioutli, is developed into a ., jointed organ Mlueh can be shot ont to the distance of neari; an nc ⢠or hen t7^^^ f " It l^'' Y ""'i '^'' ^'â¢^; "^""^'^ '^^ '"^ carpenter's rnle can be
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 490 THE SCORPION-FLIIiS. m efficacious!''' '^' ""'"" "*" '"'^'''"'^t''^" = ^^'^^^ "»' ^t^^^k are not loss remarkable or les, The lower lip iiistead of hoing a simjile cover to the nioutli, is developed into a ., jointed organ Mlueh can be shot ont to the distance of neari; an nc ⢠or hen t7^^^ f " It l^'' Y ""'i '^'' ^'â¢^; "^""^'^ '^^ '"^ carpenter's rnle can be shnt x p o as to i ?' his pocket, an. can be rapully protrnded or withdrawn very like the instriunent pVi > a "lazy-tonos.' Like that instrnuient, it is fnrnished at its extn^nntTtil a . '1 ^rlS^^L;;;''^ '' ^"-'^ ^^ ^'-^^"^ ^>^i-^-vith the at^^SaLJ^^ft The creature remains ibr some ten or eleven months in the ,âinov,. ^ 1 lecome visible on tli-3 back. WJ,,?,^ its time has coino, the pupak'av(.s the water, and crawls ap the stein of some aquatic plant imtil it has reached a suitable elevation' it clings firmly with its claws, ami remains apparently quiet. On ap- proaching it, however, a violent inteuial agitation is perceptible and presently the skin of the back- splits along the middle, and the Dragon-lly protrudes its head and part of the tliorax. By degrees it withdraws itself from the empty skin, and sits for a few hours dry- ing itself, and shaking out tJie innumerable fohls into which the Avide gauzy wings have been gathered. After a series of deep respirations of the unwonted air, and much waving of the wiii<,'s,' the glittering membranes gmii strength and elasticity, and the enfranchised insect launches forth into the air in search of prey and There are very many s].ecies of Dragon-flies, all very similar in their habits beiii" ftereely pivdaceous, strong ol wmg, and gifted with glittering colours. Unfortunatelv the ric
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