. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. CORRODENTIA. 99 and watch the pale tiny creatures that scurry across its pages; examine one of them with a lens, look well at his alert, knowing, black eyes, and we are sure you will believe that he is in search of real Hterature, and not merely a feeder upon paper, as we are taught. Anyway, scientists have con- cluded that these insects look wise enough to bear the name Atropos divinato7'ia (At'ro-pos di-vin-a-to'ri-a), or the Divining Atropos (Fig. io8). They are, however, more commonly called simply book-hce. Some members of the family Psocidae
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. CORRODENTIA. 99 and watch the pale tiny creatures that scurry across its pages; examine one of them with a lens, look well at his alert, knowing, black eyes, and we are sure you will believe that he is in search of real Hterature, and not merely a feeder upon paper, as we are taught. Anyway, scientists have con- cluded that these insects look wise enough to bear the name Atropos divinato7'ia (At'ro-pos di-vin-a-to'ri-a), or the Divining Atropos (Fig. io8). They are, however, more commonly called simply book-hce. Some members of the family Psocidae do not live in books, but feed upon lichens that are found on the trunks of trees and on fences, pic. los. often a great number being grouped together. ABook-iouse. Many of these have wings, and look like plant-lice (Fig. 107). The eggs are laid in heaps on leaves and branches, and are covered with a tissue of threads ; for the Psocids have the power of spinning silk similar to that spun by 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, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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