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allegory of the curious process of conversion in Bee Queen-makiug, 
discovered by Schirach in his ‘La Reine des Abeilles’ . . . . . 268 
15. MOTHS AS DESTRUCTIVES. 
On the left side of the vignette is the Lackey Moth, Clisiocampa neustria, 
on the right the Gold Tail Moth, Porthesia chrysorrhea, beneath each 
of which are their respective Caterpillars, and in the centre is an Oak 
leaf with a file of infant Caterpillars of the latter species engaged 
in stripping it of its verdure. Over this hang suspended numerous chry- 
salides of the black and yellow Ermine Moth, Yponomeuta padella, and 
above all, in flight, is the small Green Oak Moth, Zortrizx viridana, with 
its Caterpillar engaged in its ravages as a leaf-roller. From one of these 
scrolls ptotrudesthe empty shell of its chrysalis, and behind this are the 
remains of leaves which it has reduced to skeletons . . . . . . 264 
Two Moths still lingered. 
Moths of the Banners of the tale, illustrating by the armorial bearings on the 
wings of one, and the equipage on the wings of the other, the two 
consuming principles of Pride of Birth and Pride of Show . . . . 283 
16. WATER DEVILS. 
The central insects, swimming on their backs are examples of the Water 
Boatmen, Notonecta glauca, the nearer one being attacked by the little 
Whirlwig Beetle, Gyrinus natator, while the other is gliding head 
foremost into the extended jaws of the fierce larva of the Water Beetle, 
Hydrophilus Caraboides. Ou the rushes to the right is a Water Scorpion, 
Nepa cinerea. 1n the distance are the linear forms of two Water Mea- 
surers, Hydrometra stagnorum, and below them is a Water Bug of less 
slender growth, Velia currens. The figures above represent the Water 
Scorpion and Water Boatman in flight. . ....... . 284 
He rows with infinite speed. 
A Boat-Fly punt, with crew of diabolic aspect, queer and cruel, fit passsengers 
for Charon’s ferry-boat. The captive of the party with uplifted arms re- 
_ presents a young and imperfect Water Scorpion, and the shadowy imp 
employed in the erection of the flag, exhibits the linear form and piercing 
proboscis of the Water-Measurer. In the head of the rower is 
depicted that of the aquatic larva of the Dragon-Fly, with face con- 
cealed by a natural mask capable of being depressed or raised, shut or 
